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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
Cc: "GNU Emacs Help (E-mail)" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: How to view a MBOX file
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 08:03:38 +0200 (IST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.1021008080246.17918D@is> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <762A7BB74D6AD51195EF00B0D0AA16602C3801@STPETE>


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.

  reply	other threads:[~2002-10-08  6:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-10-07 22:22 How to view a MBOX file Ben Key
2002-10-08  6:03 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
     [not found] <mailman.1034030168.7593.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2002-10-08  1:44 ` James Carlson

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