how do i set a variable to contents of a file?

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From: Shawn Koppenhoefer
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1991 10:28

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I need to set a variable in then gnuspost.el file to have the
value stored in a specific file. something like

(setq thisvariable (catfile "/u/user/joe/file"))

How do I do this?
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