Xref: utzoo comp.emacs:9025 gnu.emacs:3779 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!uunet!bu.edu!nntp-read!jbw From: jbw@bucsf.bu.edu (Joseph Wells) Newsgroups: comp.emacs,gnu.emacs Subject: complaints with VM fixed in VM 5 Message-ID: Date: 7 Sep 90 02:45:34 GMT References: Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Followup-To: comp.emacs Organization: Boston University Computer Science Department Lines: 27 In-reply-to: kpc00@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com's message of 27 Aug 90 11:25:32 GMT In article kpc00@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (kpc) writes: There is one thing that rmail seems to do better, which is to use rmail-ignored-headers. vm uses vm-visible-headers instead, which has the opposite meaning. I like to see unusual and unexpected headers. This disadvantage has been removed from VM 5. In VM 5, you can display all headers except those specifically ignored, and you can in addition specify the order of those that are displayed. (Variables: vm-visible-headers and vm-invisible-header-regexp.) It does not convert rmail files. The "rmail-to-vm.el" package will convert BABYL format files (which Rmail uses) to Unix format mail files (which VM uses). This package does not come with VM, although it should. (Get it from the Emacs Lisp Archive.) VM 5 is still "officially" in beta test, and thus you should join the VM bug mailing list to use it: bug-vm-request@cs.odu.edu I have a list of changes that VM 5 incorporates. If you need help deciding whether to upgrade, ask me for a copy. -- Joe Wells