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Subject: Re: Risky variables in Gnus (was: Warning: `mapcar' called for effect; use `mapc' or `dolist')
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      I think the vast
    majority of Gnus functions are _not_ evaluated in file-visiting
    buffers.  But it's fine with me to mark all these variables as risky.

It may be unnecessary, but we may as well do it.
Would you please do it?