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Alex Schroeder <alex@gnu.org> writes:

Hi!

>> You can delete the files, they are temp files.
> 
> I don't really want to delete temp files if I'm not sure that I will
> never ever need them...  :)  Therefore, I'll delete them manually but
> without setting the variable, I think.  If they are temp files, Gnus
> should delete them, though.  Under which circumstances will they
> remain -- when I stop Gnus from doing its black magic using C-g?

Maybe, the expression 'temp' gives you the wrong impression. You could
also say, they are backups of all incoming mail.

Once upon a time there was a Gnus version fallen out of CVS which ate
all my incoming mail for breakfast instead of displaying it. I was
pretty lucky to have those Incoming files. Thus, I was able to refead
the mail after the bug has been fixed.

norbert.