RMAIL~ backup file

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From: duursma
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1991 20:56

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Is there any way to prevent gnu-emacs from automatically creating the RMAIL~
file when you first start up mail mode?  This is a problem on our system where
the systems folks are limiting our home directories to a certain size.

Tricks like making RMAIL~ a symbolic link to someplace else don't work since
gnuemacs first deletes the link and then writes a new file.

Ron Duursma
Tartan, Inc.

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