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On Jul 26, 10:34 am, David <de...@arcor.de> wrote:
> Ed <edwardjameshartn...@gmail.com> writes:
> > Can nnimap be used as the primary select method?
>
> Yes.
>
> -David

Here's the section of the GNUS manual that caused my confusion, I
believe:

   If you want to use IMAP as a mail storage protocol, use an nnimap
entry in `gnus-secondary-select-methods'.  With this, Gnus will
manipulate mails stored on the IMAP server.  This is the kind of usage
explained in this section.