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Subject: Re: Can't delete last article in an nnml group
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Paul Stodghill isn't the first to be confused by this docstring.
Hopefully, the attached clarifies things.

(Is this really worth a changelog entry?  Lars, you're welcome to
discard it.)

Tue May 27 16:03:12 1997  Paul Franklin  <paul@cs.washington.edu>

	* nnmail.el (nnmail-keep-last-article): clarify docstring

--Paul

--- nnmail.el	1997/05/27 22:58:57	1.2
+++ nnmail.el	1997/05/27 23:02:59
@@ -112,7 +112,9 @@
 
 ;; Added by gord@enci.ucalgary.ca (Gordon Matzigkeit).
 (defcustom nnmail-keep-last-article nil
-  "If non-nil, nnmail will never delete the last expired article in a directory.
+  "If non-nil, nnmail will never delete/move a group's last article.
+It can be marked expirable, so it will be deleted when it is no longer last.
+
 You may need to set this variable if other programs are putting
 new mail into folder numbers that Gnus has marked as expired."
   :group 'nnmail-procmail