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Pterodactyl Gnus v0.54, XEmacs 20.4 "Emerald" [Lucid] (i386-pc-linux) 

I tried to use variables holding regexps in gnus-posting-styles, but
it looks like a variable symbol always evaluates to true:

(setq gnus-posting-styles
      '((".*"
	 (signature-file "~/.signature")
	 (organization "NCR METIS"))
	(mc-newsgroups
	 (address "sb@dod.no")
	 (organization "Denizens of Doom, Norway Chapter"))
	(private-newsgroups
	 (address "steinar@bang.priv.no")
	 (organization "Anarchists Guild"))
;	(hobby-newsgroups
;	 (signature-file "~/.signature-hobby"))
	))

In this case, the last setting of signature-file and address is the
one always chosen.  When I had an X-Home-Page setting in the three
uncommented entries, all three headers showed up in the message
buffer. 

Is there a way to evaluate what a variable symbol refers to as a
string/regexp?  Or do I have to work with naked strings here?

Thanx!


- Steinar