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Xavier Maillard <zedek@gnu-rox.org> writes:

>> You'll be better off using gnus.
>
> I just do but I want to test other emacs mails modes. Rmail is
> one of them and the oldest one AFAIK. I want to know why there so
> many people still using it nowadays.

Rmail is simple to use, but does not do fancy things like mail
splitting.  If you need stuff like that, use gnus.