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Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> I just started to use the new rmail (i.e. pmail).  When I
>> first do M-x rmail, the babyl format of RMAIL is converted
>> to mbox format automatically.  But, it seems that labels are
>> lost.  At least, they are not shown in RMAIL nor
>> RMAIL-summary buffers.

I checked in a fix for this.

> The simple fact that the buffer is automatically converted is
> worrisome.  I think we should prompt the user before doing it.

Yes.