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From: de5@ornl.gov (Dave Sill)
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Subject: Re: converting gnuemacs RMAIL (Babyl) files to UNIX format
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Date: 29 Jan 91 17:30:00 GMT
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In article <18377@paperboy.OSF.ORG>, karger@osf.org (Paul A. Karger) writes:
>
>Before I sit down to write the lisp code, does there already exist
>a macro to convert an entire RMAIL (Babyl) format mail file to
>UNIX mail file format?

I suggest you grab a copy of lispdir.doc.Z, lispdir.el.Z, and
LCD-datafile.Z from tut.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive.  
Then you'll be able to type M-x lisp-dir-apropos <RET> babyl <RET>
yourself, and see:

                  Emacs Lisp Code Apropos -- "babyl"


babyl-mail        89-08-17
     Skip Montaro, <montanaro@sprite.crd.ge.com>
     tut.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/misc/babyl-mail.el.Z
     Quickie Babyl-to-mail convertor.
babyl-vm          89-08-10
     Ken Manheimer, <klm@cme.nist.gov>
     tut.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/misc/babyl-vm.el.Z
     Babyl-to-vm convertor.
conv-babl         89-07-17
     John Kohl, <jtkohl@athena.mit.edu>
     tut.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/functions/conv-babl.el.Z
     Pretty-print Babyl buffers.
de-rmail          89-08-17
     Nathan Hess, <woodstock@hobbes.intel.com>
     tut.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/misc/de-rmail.Z
     Conversion of BABYL to Unix mail file format.
rmail-apply       89-02-03
     Dan Pierson, <pierson@multimax.encore.com,encore!pierson>
     tut.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/as-is/rmailapply.el.Z
     Apply function to all messages, babyl-to-mail.
rmail2mail        89-12-07
     Skip Montanaro, <montnaro@sprite.crd.ge.com>
     tut.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/misc/rmail2mail.Z
     Convert an rmail babyl file to unix mail

I recently switched to VM (recommended), and used babyl-vm.  It
converts whole mail files and mail directories at a time, and retains
most of the labels such as replied, forwarded, etc.

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