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Niklas Morberg <niklas.morberg@axis.com> writes:

> When customizing a group, the following text is shown for
> Expiry Target:
>
>   [X] Expiry Target: [Value Menu] nnmail-fancy-expiry-target
>   Where expired messages end up. [Hide]    
>
>   Overrides `nnmail-expiry-target', which see.
>
> I might be daft, but I can't make sense of that last
> sentence. Is it correct?

When you customize the group, you set the group parameters.  The
variable nnmail-expiry-target takes effect for all groups that don't
have such a parameter.  Type C-h v nnmail-expiry-target RET for the
documentation of that variable.

(Isn't the variable name clickable?)
-- 
A preposition is not a good thing to end a sentence with.