Eric Abrahamsen writes: >> It returns nil so I guess it's not good? > > Yup, that would cause the problem. And you're sure that the group name > you're testing is a valid one, right? What do you get for just: > > (gnus-group-find-parameter ) > > ? Yes I think that the group name I'm using for my tests is a valid one. I added a screenshot so you can see by yourself. Evaluating: (gnus-group-find-parameter "nnimap+home:INBOX") returns: ((display . all) (expiry-wait . 2) (gnus-use-scoring nil) (permanent-flags %Answered %Flagged %Draft %Deleted %Seen $Forwarded $Junk $NotJunk $NotPhishing $Phishing Forwarded ...) (active 1 . 95605) (uidvalidity . "2") (modseq . "7813361"))