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When I try to enter the server list with ^ I get the following entry:

  Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument symbolp (nnfolder "archive" (nnfolder-directory "~/Mail/archive") (nnfolder-active-file "~/Mail/archive/active") (nnfolder-get-new-mail nil) (nnfolder-inhibit-expiry t)))
    gnus-server-opened(((nnfolder "archive" (nnfolder-directory "~/Mail/archive") (nnfolder-active-file "~/Mail/archive/active") (nnfolder-get-new-mail nil) (nnfolder-inhibit-expiry t))))
    gnus-server-insert-server-line("archive" ((nnfolder "archive" (nnfolder-directory "~/Mail/archive") (nnfolder-active-file "~/Mail/archive/active") (nnfolder-get-new-mail nil) (nnfolder-inhibit-expiry t))))
    gnus-server-prepare()
    gnus-enter-server-buffer()
    gnus-group-enter-server-mode()
    call-interactively(gnus-group-enter-server-mode)

Checking the value of gnus-server-alist gives me the following:

  (("archive"
    (nnfolder "archive"
  	    (nnfolder-directory "~/Mail/archive")
  	    (nnfolder-active-file "~/Mail/archive/active")
  	    (nnfolder-get-new-mail nil)
  	    (nnfolder-inhibit-expiry t))))

Problem though is that I don't _have_ a ~/Mail/archive folder, I have
removed all entries and pointers to it from .newsrc.eld and from my
.gnus file since long. I just noted this problem though, so it might
have been there for a while.

Where else could this be set? And how do I work around it?

/ahnberg.