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Kai Grossjohann <grossjohann@ls6.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> writes:

> 
> >>>>> Eze Ogwuma <zcaceog@ucl.ac.uk> writes:
> 
>   Eze> If I use this method can I be sure that Gnus will absolutely
>   Eze> not alter my spool file?
> 
> >>>>> Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen writes:
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>   Lars> No, all Gnus backends mail fetch (and remove) whatever is in
>   Lars> the mail spool.
> 
> I thought nndoc was strictly read-only?
> 

I thought this was the case as well.

That is certainly the impression I get from the manual:

Gnus->Select Methods->Other Sources->Document Groups

If nndoc is not read-only, is there another way to read mail from the
spool without altering the spool file? 

Eze Ogwuma.