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>>>>> "mb" == Mark Borges <mdb@cdc.noaa.gov> writes:

>>>>> "j" == Joe Hildebrand <hildjj@fuentez.com> writes:
    j> you will have less difficulty if you use:

    j> $HOME/mail/spool/foo.spool $HOME/mail/spool/bar.spool

    mb> OK. I gave up and used the extension. I also gave up and used
    mb> ~/Mail instead of ~/mail. Gnus was stubborn about using the
    mb> former for some reason. Perhaps I was setting it too late, I
    mb> don't know. I was setting it in my `gnus-init-file', but it
    mb> was being over-ridden. Is there a preferred place for setting
    mb> nnmail-directory (I assume that's the correct variable to
    mb> set)?

You are setting nnmail-directory.  You need to set nnml-directory.
There should be no problem setting this in gnus-init-file.

I'd recommend adding trailing slashes.  eg.
(setq  nnml-directory "~/mail/")
(setq  nnmail-procmail-directory "~/Mail/spool/")

Use of expand-file-name does not appear to be required.

Regards,
-- 
steve@miranova.com baur