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authorJim Blandy <[email protected]>1992-07-17 20:09:54 +0000
committerJim Blandy <[email protected]>1992-07-17 20:09:54 +0000
commit2581ab99686b057693924e771fac1dfa6a414c59 (patch)
tree211844270bb212dd35296decee285b31729b1e0f
parent6251ee24afa4f74a3e094ba12493ab2dc9315886 (diff)
*** empty log message ***
-rw-r--r--lisp/mail/rmail.el5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/mail/rmail.el b/lisp/mail/rmail.el
index 9a88ce9800..8f4bf10eff 100644
--- a/lisp/mail/rmail.el
+++ b/lisp/mail/rmail.el
@@ -515,7 +515,10 @@ argument causes us to read a file name and use that file as the inbox."
(while files
(setq file (expand-file-name (substitute-in-file-name (car files)))
;;>> un*x specific <<
- tofile (concat file "~"))
+ ;; The "+" used to be "~", which is an extremely poor choice;
+ ;; it might accidentally be deleted when space is low
+ ;; (as happened to me!).
+ tofile (concat file "+"))
;; If getting from mail spool directory,
;; use movemail to move rather than just renaming,
;; so as to interlock with the mailer.