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François Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> Justin Sheehy <justin@linus.mitre.org> writes:
> 
> > John H Palmieri <John.H.Palmieri.2@nd.edu> writes:
> 
> > > (setq gnus-directory (expand-file-name "~/Mail/News")

> > Move that from ~/.gnus to ~/.emacs, so that those variables are set
> > when Gnus starts.

> Is that move really needed?  I preset all directory variables for Gnus in my
> `.gnus' file instead of `.emacs'; it seems to work as expected for me.

Several variables inherit from gnus-directory at startup time.  If
that variable is not already set, then the others will inherit the
wrong value.

Yes, the move is necessary.  

It is certainly possible that one could carefully arrange things to be
set in ~/.gnus and have them work correctly, but there is a strong
posibility that one would forget to set at least one of the directory
variables.

-- 
Justin Sheehy

In a cloud bones of steel.