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Eze Ogwuma <zcaceog@ucl.ac.uk> writes:

> If I use this method can I be sure that Gnus will absolutely not alter
> my spool file?

No, all Gnus backends mail fetch (and remove) whatever is in the mail
spool.

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(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  larsi@ifi.uio.no * Lars Ingebrigtsen