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Gerald Preissler <Gerald.Preissler@gmx.de> writes:

> I tried this minimal .gnus : ;; where to look for news & mail (setq
> gnus-select-method '(nntp "localhost")) (setq
> gnus-secondary-select-methods '((nnml "private")))
> 
> /var/spool/mail/jerry exists, I am the owner, and it has permissions
> 660. And yes, there are mails in it.
> 
> Any advice?

What is the value of `nnmail-spool-file'?  It is possible that it is
pointing to the wrong place. Alternatively one's supposed to use the
variable `mail-sources' in pgnus now to specify exactly where the mail
comes from.