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> From:  Rodolfo Medina <romeomedina@libero.it>
> Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 22:33:57 +0000 (UTC)
> 
> Now, the problem is that the desired directory is /mnt/windows,
> and gnus refuses to store mail there, maybe because of a matter of
> permissions. But the command `$ ls -l /mnt' shows that the
> dir /mnt/windows is writable by all users.
> How can I work the problem out?

What OS are you trying this from, and what OS is /mnt/windows?  For
example, The Linux kernel can't write to NTFS file systems.