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Rodolfo wrote:

> If I put in my ~/.gnus.el the following:
>
> (setq gnus-select-method
>       '(nnml ""
>         (nnml-directory "/path/to/my/nnml/directory")))
>
> , everything seems to be all right: I get no error messages.
> Instead, if I first put the following line:
>
> (setq my-nnml-directory "/path/to/my/nnml/directory")
>
> and then:
>
> (setq gnus-select-method
>       '(nnml ""
>         (nnml-directory my-nnml-directory)))
>
> , when starting gnus I get the following error message:
>
> nnml () open error: ''.  Continue? (y or n)
>
> . Why? Any idea?


David wrote:

> perhaps the most straightforward thing is
>
> (setq gnus-select-method
>       `(nnml ""
>         (nnml-directory ,my-nnml-directory)))
>
> (note the backquote and comma).


Reiner wrote:

> See (info "(elisp)Backquote") to learn more about "`" and ",".


Thanks indeed!
That worked fine.
Rodolfo