+(defvoo nntp-list-options nil
+ "List of newsgroup name used for a option of the LIST command to
+restrict the listing output to only the specified newsgroups.
+Each newsgroup name can be a shell-style wildcard, for instance,
+\"fj.*\", \"japan.*\", etc. Fortunately, if the server can accept
+such a option, it will probably make gnus run faster. You may
+use it as a server variable as follows:
+
+\(setq gnus-select-method
+ '(nntp \"news.somewhere.edu\"
+ (nntp-list-options (\"fj.*\" \"japan.*\"))))")
+
+(defvoo nntp-options-subscribe nil
+ "Regexp matching the newsgroup names which will be subscribed
+unconditionally. It may be effective as well as `nntp-list-options'
+even though the server could not accept a shell-style wildcard as a
+option of the LIST command. You may use it as a server variable as
+follows:
+
+\(setq gnus-select-method
+ '(nntp \"news.somewhere.edu\"
+ (nntp-options-subscribe \"^fj\\\\.\\\\|^japan\\\\.\")))")
+
+(defvoo nntp-options-not-subscribe nil
+ "Regexp matching the newsgroup names which will not be subscribed
+unconditionally. It may be effective as well as `nntp-list-options'
+even though the server could not accept a shell-style wildcard as a
+option of the LIST command. You may use it as a server variable as
+follows:
+
+\(setq gnus-select-method
+ '(nntp \"news.somewhere.edu\"
+ (nntp-options-not-subscribe \"\\\\.binaries\\\\.\")))")
+