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* How to view a MBOX file
@ 2002-10-07 22:22 Ben Key
  2002-10-08  6:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Ben Key @ 2002-10-07 22:22 UTC (permalink / raw)


When downloading one of the list archives from mail.gnu.org the file is in
plain text format containing the message headers and contents of all of the
messages that have been sent to that list.

What is the best way to open this file with GNU Emacs?
Is there a mode that allows you to hide the message headers, navigate
between messages using a list, and search for and display individual
messages?

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* Re: How to view a MBOX file
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@ 2002-10-08  1:44 ` James Carlson
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: James Carlson @ 2002-10-08  1:44 UTC (permalink / raw)


Ben Key <BenK@FreedomScientific.com> writes:
> When downloading one of the list archives from mail.gnu.org the file is in
> plain text format containing the message headers and contents of all of the
> messages that have been sent to that list.
> 
> What is the best way to open this file with GNU Emacs?
> Is there a mode that allows you to hide the message headers, navigate
> between messages using a list, and search for and display individual
> messages?

How about M-x vm-visit-folder?

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* Re: How to view a MBOX file
  2002-10-07 22:22 How to view a MBOX file Ben Key
@ 2002-10-08  6:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2002-10-08  6:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
  Cc: GNU Emacs Help (E-mail)


On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Ben Key wrote:

> When downloading one of the list archives from mail.gnu.org the file is in
> plain text format containing the message headers and contents of all of the
> messages that have been sent to that list.
> 
> What is the best way to open this file with GNU Emacs?

C-u M-x rmail RET filename RET

> Is there a mode that allows you to hide the message headers, navigate
> between messages using a list, and search for and display individual
> messages?

Yes, the above command does all that.  Read the chapter about RMAIL in 
the Emacs user manual, it has the details.

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