Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!yale!spolsky-joel From: spolsky-joel@CS.YALE.EDU (Joel Spolsky) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: rmail and mbox Keywords: rmail moves mbox Message-ID: <56904@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> Date: 13 Apr 89 18:15:23 GMT References: <4358@sdcc6.ucsd.EDU> Sender: root@yale.UUCP Reply-To: spolsky-joel@CS.YALE.EDU (Joel Spolsky) Distribution: usa Organization: Yale University Computer Science Dept, New Haven CT 06520-2158 Lines: 22 In article <4358@sdcc6.ucsd.EDU> ix561@sdcc6.ucsd.EDU (MONSTER) writes: >when I invoke rmail, it is supposed to copy mbox to RMAIL, but >in fact, it moves my mbox to RMAIL, changing its format from >UNIX one to Babyl one. That's exactly what it's supposed to do. >I'd like to use UNIX command mail -f >more often to read my old mails. How can I solve this problem? > > Why not read your old mail in RMAIL mode using "p" (previous letter)? As long as you don't delete things from RMAIL they will still be there. >Wen +----------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ | Joel Spolsky | bitnet: spolsky@yalecs.bitnet uucp: ...!yale!spolsky | | | internet: spolsky@cs.yale.edu voicenet: 203-436-1483 | +----------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ #include