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On 11 Feb 2001, Samuel Padgett wrote:

> Also, the manual hints that nnfolder is the preferable backend for
> message archive groups.  Why is this?  Is there something special
> about sent messages that makes nnfolder better than, say, nnml?

Actually, I have no idea why gnus-message-archive-method defaults to
nnfolder.  I don't understand why people would want to archive their
outgoing messages in a different server than the normal messages.

Can anyone explain?

kai
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