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Article #98386Re: RMAIL~ backup file
From: Gregory Neil Shapiro
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1991 14:49
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1991 14:49
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>>>>> On 18 Jul 91 20:56:29 GMT, duursma@tartan.com said:
duursma> Is there any way to prevent gnu-emacs from automatically
duursma> creating the RMAIL~ file when you first start up mail mode?
duursma> This is a problem on our system where the systems folks are
duursma> limiting our home directories to a certain size.
Put this in your .emacs:
(setq rmail-mode-hooks
'(lambda ()
(make-local-variable 'make-backup-files)
(setq make-backup-files nil))
Greg
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