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Vladimir Volovich <vvv@vvv.vsu.ru> writes:

> i wonder: is it possible to `open' my old mboxes as if they were
> normal mboxes in gnus? i.e. i'd like to access some articles in old
> mboxes from gnus.

Well, `G f' creates an nndoc group out of the file, which may be
handy.  If not, you can define an alternate virtual nnmbox server that
points to the mbox, but this is probably overkill.

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(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen