When does gnus read .gnus.el variables

[Alberto Luaces]

Hi,

this could be more of an elisp question rather than a gnus question, but
there it goes:

Once I have gnus up and running, I want to modify my nnimap-split-fancy
variable.  Therefore, I evaluate a sexp with the new values, and change
.gnus.el accordingly for future sessions.  All works ok.

When I quit gnus *without quitting* emacs, and then restart gnus again,
nnimap-split-fancy stays with its initial value.  Maybe it is no
surprise that it is not reading .gnus.el again, but I wonder why my
on-the-fly settings were also dropped.

Any chance of setting this variable without having to restart emacs?

Thanks,

-- 
Alberto