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From: interran@marktwain (John Interrante)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: rmail mode auto-saves
Summary: use make-backup-files
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Date: 20 Jan 89 07:46:34 GMT
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In-reply-to: riddle@umbc3.UMBC.EDU (Mr. Paul Riddle)

Put the following code in your ~/.emacs if you want to prevent GNU
Emacs from backing up your RMAIL file when you quit rmail.

(setq rmail-mode-hook 'rmail:mode:hook)

(defun rmail:mode:hook ()
  (auto-save-mode 1)
  (make-local-variable 'make-backup-files)
  (setq make-backup-files nil))

John Interrante		interran@marktwain.stanford.edu