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Haines Brown <brownh@hartford-hwp.com> writes:

Hi!

> The default directory to save gnus messages (C-o) is ~/NEWS. However,
> I want it instead to be /opt. Here's the lines I tried in ~/.emacs:
>
> (custom-set-variables
>   ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom -- don't edit or cut/paste it!
>   ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
>  '(gnus-directory "/opt")
>  '(gnus-home-directory "/opt"))
> (custom-set-faces
>   ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom -- don't edit or cut/paste it!
>   ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
>  )
>
> I don't know what this custom-set-faces statement means, but it showed
> up. 

You need to set the variable 'gnus-article-save-directory'.

In the custom-set-faces part are face definitions which you may set
through the custom interface (M-x customize-face RET).

norbert.
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