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Richard M Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

> Is it reliable enough to recognize mbox files
> that we could visit them automatically in Rmail mode?

I don't think so.  Mbox files are lines that begin with "From ",
separated by arbitrary data.  There's not enough information to
autodetect them.