Index: nnmaildir.el
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/gnus/lisp/nnmaildir.el,v
retrieving revision 7.4
diff -u -r7.4 nnmaildir.el
--- nnmaildir.el	20 May 2004 08:02:40 -0000	7.4
+++ nnmaildir.el	29 Jun 2004 22:13:57 -0000
@@ -1541,7 +1541,8 @@
 		     permarkfile (concat mdir ":")
 		     mfile (concat mdir (nnmaildir--art-prefix article)))
 	       (condition-case err
-		   (add-name-to-file permarkfile mfile)
+		   (let ((system-messages-locale "C"))
+		     (add-name-to-file permarkfile mfile))
 		 (error
 		  (cond
 		   ((nnmaildir--eexist-p err))