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-rw-r--r--lisp/mail/rmailmsc.el4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/mail/rmailmsc.el b/lisp/mail/rmailmsc.el
index 98926d8117..ad30278535 100644
--- a/lisp/mail/rmailmsc.el
+++ b/lisp/mail/rmailmsc.el
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@
You can specify one file name, or several names separated by commas.
If FILE-NAME is empty, remove any existing inbox list."
(interactive "sSet mailbox list to (comma-separated list of filenames): ")
+
+ (unless (eq major-mode 'rmail-mode)
+ (error "set-rmail-inbox-list works only for an Rmail file"))
+
(save-excursion
(let ((names (rmail-parse-file-inboxes))
(standard-output nil))