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### 1.4 New Groups

If you are satisfied that you really never want to see any new groups, you can set `gnus-check-new-newsgroups` to `nil`. This will also save you some time at startup. Even if this variable is `nil`, you can always subscribe to the new groups just by pressing `U` in the group buffer (see Group Maintenance). This variable is `ask-server` by default. If you set this variable to `always`, then Gnus will query the back ends for new groups even when you do the `g` command (see Scanning New Messages).