Subject: Re: bug#1974: 23.0.60; gnus writes customize file

From: "Trent W. Buck" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 18:25:03 +1100

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 09:33:19PM -0500, Glenn Morris wrote:
>> When using gnus, I find that it tries to write out my customize
>> preferences whenever I send a message.  This is bloody annoying, as
>> .emacs is version-controlled, and I do not *have* any
>> customize-managed preferences.
>
> Disable message-insert-canlock if you don't want this feature.

Sorry for the huge delay in responding.  This approach worked fine.