From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: What are advantages and disadvantages of RMAIL and mh-rmail ? Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 21:05:27 +0200 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <87bo3i9h0v.fsf@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se> References: <5ili3zuuj0.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <878uyoua8b.fsf@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se> <8761tr9ofa.fsf@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se> <87ob7iq5sf.fsf@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1380049816 29304 80.91.229.3 (24 Sep 2013 19:10:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 19:10:16 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 24 21:10:20 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VOY04-0004rr-F8 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Sep 2013 21:10:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47553 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VOY03-0002xK-Sf for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Sep 2013 15:10:19 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.glorb.com!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.datemas.de!rt.uk.eu.org!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 21 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: VVbyYd/iFZoeWNmD9i++cQ.user.speranza.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.4 (gnu/linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:e4BmbbcKMCwlWi42C1WLy8OVm0M= Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:201267 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:93536 Archived-At: Glyn Millington writes: > If you tried Rmail with an Emacs version prior to 23 > and you decide that Rmail is not for you, you can > later read mail from the Babyl file if you are using > Gnus. For all other mail readers, you’ll have to move > the mails back into mbox format. Use ‘M-x unrmail’ to > convert the mail file. You can also use the > command-line tool b2m to do it. Starting with version > 23, Emacs converts Babyl files back into mbox when it > first reads them. Thanks. b2m tells me the RMAIL file isn't a Babyl file, and that is consistent with what you say because I'm on Emacs 23. (Check out the post I just wrote for some more material.) -- Emanuel Berg - programmer (hire me! CV below) computer projects: http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 internet activity: http://home.student.uu.se/embe8573