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From: kgallagh@digi.UUCP (Kevin Gallagher)
Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug
Subject: Re: Location of RMAIL in GNU Emacs (was "none")
Message-ID: <342@digi.UUCP>
Date: 17 Jan 90 05:02:13 GMT
References: <9001152216.AA12923@hpcup9.HP.COM>
Reply-To: kgallagh@digi.UUCP (Kevin Gallagher)
Distribution: gnu
Organization: DSC Communications Corporation
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In article <9001152216.AA12923@hpcup9.HP.COM> dmr@HPCUP9.HP.COM (Denny Renfrow) writes:
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> [stuff deleted]
>I can't find a variable  to set to  specify
>the "scratch"  directory  without modifying where the mail is monitored.

Try adding the following line to your .emacs file:

(set-variable 'rmail-file-name "~/RMAIL")

In fact, the above assignment is the default.  When GNU Emacs was installed on
your machine, the installed may have set up a new default to point to
/usr/mail. 
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