From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: kj Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Qs about RMAIL Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 15:26:59 +0000 (UTC) Organization: none Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1082820708 7514 80.91.224.253 (24 Apr 2004 15:31:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 15:31:48 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 24 17:31:38 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BHP7y-0006w9-00 for ; Sat, 24 Apr 2004 17:31:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BHP7G-0001p5-Hv for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 Apr 2004 11:30:54 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 34 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: panix3.panix.com Original-X-Trace: reader2.panix.com 1082820419 6014 166.84.1.3 (24 Apr 2004 15:26:59 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 15:26:59 +0000 (UTC) X-No-Confirm: yes User-Agent: nn/6.6.5 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:122665 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 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 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:17953 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:17953 Hi! 1. I tried setting the variable rmail-primary-inbox-list using M-x set-variable[RET] rmail-primary-inbox-list[RET] /home/jones/mail/test[RET] ...but I got the error set-variable: Value `/home/jones/mail/test' does not match type choice of rmail-primary-inbox-list What's the correct way to enter a list of inboxes? 2. Is there a way to tell rmail to fetch mail "just this once" from an inbox that is not among the ones that it normally gets mail from? (By "just this once" I mean "without having to first set rmail-primary-inbox-list and then reset it back to its original value") 3. What's the simplest way to convert a file from the usual Unix mail format to BABYL? (Actually I'm interested in ways to do this from within Emacs, as well as from the Unix command line) 4. Does anybody know of a procmail recipe to save mail to a file in BABYL format? Thanks! kj -- NOTE: In my address everything before the period is backwards.