From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/81995 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tassilo Horn Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: N00b begging quick input. Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2012 10:27:46 +0200 Message-ID: <87ipe6a7p9.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1341217711 15212 80.91.229.3 (2 Jul 2012 08:28:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 08:28:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@gnus.org To: DiagonalArg Original-X-From: ding-owner+M30265@lists.math.uh.edu Mon Jul 02 10:28:29 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Slbzc-0004ce-OS for ding-account@gmane.org; Mon, 02 Jul 2012 10:28:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1SlbzB-0000T0-Qo; Mon, 02 Jul 2012 03:27:57 -0500 Original-Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1SlbzA-0000Sr-QO for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 02 Jul 2012 03:27:56 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1Slbz7-0000L2-EY for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 02 Jul 2012 03:27:56 -0500 Original-Received: from deliver.uni-koblenz.de ([141.26.64.15]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Slbz5-00076Z-RU for ding@gnus.org; Mon, 02 Jul 2012 10:27:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by deliver.uni-koblenz.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A4D01A407B; Mon, 2 Jul 2012 10:27:51 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at uni-koblenz.de Original-Received: from deliver.uni-koblenz.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (deliver.uni-koblenz.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id GcPX1W4DcbMm; Mon, 2 Jul 2012 10:27:51 +0200 (CEST) X-CHKRCPT: Envelopesender noch tassilo@member.fsf.org Original-Received: from thinkpad.tsdh.de (tsdh.uni-koblenz.de [141.26.67.142]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by deliver.uni-koblenz.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 14C7C1A4051; Mon, 2 Jul 2012 10:27:51 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (DiagonalArg's message of "Mon, 2 Jul 2012 06:04:39 +0000 (UTC)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130006 (Ma Gnus v0.6) Emacs/24.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-Spam-Score: -4.9 (----) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:81995 Archived-At: DiagonalArg writes: Hi! > I am using RMAIL with <> files in Babyl format. I've never used RMAIL, so I cannot give any detailed suggestions. But the RMAIL version in Emacs 23+ switched to the MBOX format instead of Babyl. ,----[ Emacs 23.1 release notes ] | *** Rmail no longer converts the messages to Babyl format. | Instead, it uses UNIX mbox format, both on disk and in Rmail buffers, | and does conversion and decoding when a message is displayed. | | The first time you visit an Rmail file in Babyl format, Rmail | automatically converts it to mbox format. This is a one-time | conversion, but it can take a few minutes, depending on how fast is | your machine and on the size of the file. You should find the rest of | Rmail usage unaltered. `---- So if you open each of your mailboxes with a recent RMAIL version, they should all be converted to MBOX automatically. You should be able to use them as-is, or you can switch over to nnml (which is probably the most common backend for local mail) and incorporate the mail from your mbox files. ,----[ (info "(gnus)Incorporating Old Mail") ] | Most people have lots of old mail stored in various file formats. If | you have set up Gnus to read mail using one of the spiffy Gnus mail | back ends, you'll probably wish to have that old mail incorporated into | your mail groups. `---- Bye, Tassilo