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Hubert Chan <hubert@uhoreg.ca> writes:

> (setq nnml-directory "~/.mail")

Don't set this as a normal variable, it's a server parameter:

(setq gnus-secondary-select-methods
      '( (nnml "" (nnml-directory "~/.mail"))
         ...other.servers... ))

Setting it as a normal variable fails when you have more than one
nnml backend (or backend derived from nnml).
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