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From: jal@occrsh.ATT.COM (J_Allen_Schones)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Help with RMAIL
Message-ID: <254@occrsh.ATT.COM>
Date: 25 Feb 88 18:00:46 GMT
Reply-To: jal@occrsh.UUCP (J_Allen_Schones)
Organization: AT&T Network & Data Systems, OKC
Lines: 39
Keywords: in-box, parsing reply

In my quest for the "perfect" mail system, I have been looking into
GNU emacs' RMAIL system.  I like it so far, but I have two problems.

Running GNU emacs version 18.35.

I invoke RMAIL with the keys "M-x rmail<RET>"

Problem #1:
	
RMAIL will not read any mail in my system mailbox.  I "fixed" this
with the following shell script:

	if test -s ${MAIL:=/usr/mail/${LOGNAME}}
	then
		cp ${MAIL} ${HOME}/.newmail
		: > ${MAIL}	# Yes, I know.  Lock problems.
	fi
	exec xemacs -f rmail

I tried to fix it with:
	"M-x set-rmail-inbox-list<RET>/usr/mail/jal<RET>"
but it didn't work.  What am I missing?

Problem #2:

If I attempt to (r)eply to a message that was forwarded by uucp (i.e.
sent from remote!remote!user), I will send the message (unless I fix
it) to "uucp".  Any fix?

Oh, one other thing.  I tried to use the "mh-rmail", but I was told
to run "mh-install."  Where in the @$#% is "mh-install"??

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