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diff --git a/man/rmail.texi b/man/rmail.texi index d161f28967..19dd6b76e3 100644 --- a/man/rmail.texi +++ b/man/rmail.texi @@ -1109,13 +1109,33 @@ message itself is flagged as deleted. @node Out of Rmail @section Converting an Rmail File to Inbox Format +@cindex Babyl format to Inbox format +@cindex converting Rmail file to mailbox format @findex unrmail The command @kbd{M-x unrmail} converts a file in Rmail format to inbox -format (also known as the system mailbox format), so that you can use it -with other mail-editing tools. You must specify two arguments, the name -of the Rmail file and the name to use for the converted file. @kbd{M-x -unrmail} does not alter the Rmail file itself. +format (also known as the system mailbox, or mbox, format), so that +you can use it with other mail-editing tools. You must specify two +arguments, the name of the Rmail file and the name to use for the +converted file. @kbd{M-x unrmail} does not alter the Rmail file itself. + +@pindex b2m + @kbd{M-x unrmail} is useful if you can run Emacs on the machine +where the Rmail file resides, or can access the Rmail file remotely +(@pxref{Remote Files}) from a machine where Emacs is installed. If +accessing Rmail files from Emacs is impossible, you can use the +@command{b2m} program instead. @command{b2m} is part of the Emacs +distribution, it is installed into the same directory where all the +other auxiliary programs (@command{etags} etc.) are installed, and its +source is available in the Emacs source distribution, so that you +could copy the source to the target machine and compile it there. + + To convert a file @file{@var{babyl-file}} into @file{@var{mbox-file}}, +invoke @command{b2m} like this: + +@example + b2m < @var{babyl-file} > @var{mbox-file} +@end example @node Rmail Rot13 @section Reading Rot13 Messages |