David Engster writes: >> No, I'd already required it. > > Did you require it ad-hoc? Just to be clear: The keys are set in the > gnus-group-mode-hook, so you have to put the require in .gnus and > restart Gnus. Ah. Ok. That got me further. I was able to create the search group but when I attempt to run a query (G b s) Does this mean more to you than it does to me? Debugger entered--Lisp error: (file-error "Opening input file" "no such file or directory" "/Users/ndw/Mail/zz_mairix-mairix.search-1/cur/123456789.48511.mairix") insert-file-contents("/Users/ndw/Mail/zz_mairix-mairix.search-1/cur/123456789.48511.mairix" nil nil nil nil) mm-insert-file-contents("/Users/ndw/Mail/zz_mairix-mairix.search-1/cur/123456789.48511.mairix" nil nil nil nil) nnheader-insert-file-contents("/Users/ndw/Mail/zz_mairix-mairix.search-1/cur/123456789.48511.mairix") nnml-generate-nov-file("/Users/ndw/Mail/zz_mairix-mairix.search-1/cur/" ((123456789 . "123456789.98091.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.98072.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.98069.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.98068.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.98067.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.98056.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.98035.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.98034.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.98033.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.98015.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.98014.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.97997.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.97996.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.97995.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.97994.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.97993.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.59499.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.58671.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.58656.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.58628.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.58585.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.58584.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.58571.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.58535.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.58456.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.58455.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.58450.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.58432.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.58349.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.58304.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.57285.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.57129.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.56520.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.55889.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.55883.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.55882.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.55878.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.55872.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.55871.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.55868.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.55865.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.55864.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.55838.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.55834.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.55828.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.55826.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.55808.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.55806.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.55805.mairix") (123456789 . "123456789.55795.mairix") ...)) nnml-generate-nov-databases-directory("/Users/ndw/Mail/zz_mairix-mairix.search-1/cur" ("/Users/ndw/Mail/zz_mairix-mairix.search-1/")) nnml-generate-nov-databases-directory("/Users/ndw/Mail/zz_mairix-mairix.search-1" nil t) nnmairix-request-group("mairix.search" "(nnmairix-create-server-and-default-group)" nil ("nnmairix+(nnmairix-create-server-and-default-group):mairix.search" 2 nil nil (nnmairix "(nnmairix-create-server-and-default-group)" (nnmairix-backend nnml) (nnmairix-backend-server "") (nnmairix-mairix-command "mairix") (nnmairix-hidden-folders nil) (nnmairix-default-group "mairix.search")) ((query "Bloch") (folder . "zz_mairix-mairix.search-1") (threads)))) gnus-activate-group("nnmairix+(nnmairix-create-server-and-default-group):mairix.search" scan nil (nnmairix "(nnmairix-create-server-and-default-group)" (nnmairix-backend nnml) (nnmairix-backend-server "") (nnmairix-mairix-command "mairix") (nnmairix-hidden-folders nil) (nnmairix-default-group "mairix.search"))) gnus-group-get-new-news-this-group() nnmairix-update-and-clear-marks("nnmairix+(nnmairix-create-server-and-default-group):mairix.search") nnmairix-search("Bloch") call-interactively(nnmairix-search nil nil) Be seeing you, norm -- Norman Walsh | Premature optimization is the root of http://nwalsh.com/ | all evil in programming.--C.A.R. Hoare