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From: kyle@uunet.UU.NET (Kyle Jones)
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Subject: Re: VM versus RMAIL
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Date: 1 Feb 91 21:25:36 GMT
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lms@think.com (Luis Miguel Silveira) writes:
 > Could somebody please post or e-mail me something about the possible
 > advantages/disadvantages of using VM versus using RMAIL for reading
 > mail from within emacs ?

For me, the most important advantage of VM is that it uses that
standard UNIX mailbox format.  I can use standard UNIX tools and
mailers on VM folders interchangably, and not get any surprises.
If RMAIL had used the standrad mailbox format, or if I thought
its code could have been converted to do so without excessive
pain, VM probably never would have been written.  At least not by
me.  I would have worked on improving RMAIL instead.

Beyond that you'll have to ask others to compare and contrast VM
and RMAIL.  I didn't use RMAIL long enough to learn all that it can
do.