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On 04 Aug 2000, Harry Putnam wrote:

> It also wasn't clear to me from info, what role the variable
> `nnmail-expiry-target' plays in all this.  It can be set to a string
> or function, yes but does that then apply to all expiry globally or
> what?

It's not clear to me, either.  I think that nnmail-expiry-target
provides a default which can be overridden from the group parameters.

I'll put a note in the Gnus info file to this effect, and then we'll
wait for complaints to come in if it doesn't actually work that way.

kai
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