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>>>>> Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org>:

> If doing so, we'll also have to backup nnfolder-marks, nnml-marks, and
> nntp-marks, that all are preferred to .newsrc.eld.

However, the .newsrc.eld also is the single repository for much
information that's mostly static:
 - Group parameters
 - Servers that are browsed to

That makes sense to back up (and IMO makes sense to move to a separate
file).