* reader  <reader@newsguy.com> writes:

  > I think I remember sending patches from a artile buffer to the
  > directory and target of the patch from gnus somehow.

I just use `M-x ediff-patch-file' from the summary buffer.  It
defaults to asking if the patch is in the article buffer (well it does
for me).

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