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Re: Problem with Accessing RMAIL via NFS - Help !

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From: Barry Margolin
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 00:00
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In article <873dvvqzrs.fsf@tortue.coughlan.fr>,
Desmond Coughlan  <nospam_desmond@coughlan.net> wrote:
>I login in the morning, start KDE and then run Emacs.  My RMAIL file,
>containing all my mail, is also on the server.  I hit M-X RMAIL to
>read new mail, and it loads the RMAIL file no problem, and then tells
>me that there is no new e-mail.

If your inbox isn't /usr/spool/mail/$USER, you need to set the environment
variable MAIL before starting Emacs or set rmail-primary-inbox-list in your
.emacs.

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From: Barry Margolin <barmar@bbnplanet.com>
Subject: Re: Problem with Accessing RMAIL via NFS - Help !
Date: 1999/10/01
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