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2 @node Reading Mail, Calendar/Diary, Sending Mail, Top
3 @chapter Reading Mail
4 @cindex mail
5 @cindex message
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7 XEmacs provides three separate mail-reading packages. Each one comes with
8 its own manual, which is included standard with the XEmacs distribution.
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10 The recommended mail-reading package for new users is VM. VM works
11 with standard Unix-mail-format folders and was designed as a replacement
12 for the older Rmail.
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14 XEmacs also provides a sophisticated and comfortable front-end to the
15 MH mail-processing system, called @samp{mh-e}. Unlike in other
16 mail programs, folders in MH are stored as file-system directories,
17 with each message occupying one (numbered) file. This facilitates
18 working with mail using shell commands, and many other features of
19 MH are also designed to integrate well with the shell and with
20 shell scripts. Keep in mind, however, that in order to use mh-e
21 you must have the MH mail-processing system installed on your
22 computer.
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24 Finally, XEmacs provides the Rmail package. Rmail is (currently) the
25 only mail reading package distributed with FSF GNU Emacs, and is
26 powerful in its own right. However, it stores mail folders in a special
27 format called @samp{Babyl}, that is incompatible with all other
28 frequently-used mail programs. A utility program is provided for
29 converting Babyl folders to standard Unix-mail format; however, unless
30 you already have mail in Babyl-format folders, you should consider
31 using VM or mh-e instead. (If at times you have to use FSF Emacs, it
32 is not hard to obtain and install VM for that editor.)