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Graham Guttocks <graham_guttocks@yahoo.co.nz> writes:

> I haven't set gnus-split-methods.  gnus-move-split-methods is set
> as shown above.  I'm not using `o' or `O', but rather `B c', and 
> I'm still seeing the ~/News directory prepended to the group name.

I'm flabbergasted.

Does anyone have an idea?

The next thing to do would be to find where gnus-move-split-methods
is accessed (or what does gnus-summary-move-article do), then do M-x
edebug-defun RET on that function, then watch it compute the wrong
result.

> At this point, it's almost beyond imagination that something this
> seemingly simple has consumed so much time and effort.

Reality surpasses our wildest dreams sometimes...
-- 
A preposition is not a good thing to end a sentence with.