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jeff.rancier@softechnics.com (Jeffery B. Rancier) writes:

> I've recently upgraded to Oort Gnus 0.13, and noticed *extra* files
> hanging around in my ~/Mail/ directories.

The ~/Mail/Incoming* files are there to protect your butt, should
Gnus decide to have some email for breakfast.  You're running alpha
software...

Also see the variable mail-source-delete-incoming.
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