[comp.emacs] changing primary mail file in rmail?

guy@physics.phy.duke.edu (Guy Metcalfe) (01/22/91)

How can I change the name of my primary mail file with rmail?  I'm
using gnu emacs 18.51.19.  Thanks.
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	Guy Metcalfe				
	Duke University Dept. of Physics	guy@phy.duke.edu
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guy@physics.phy.duke.edu (Guy Metcalfe) (01/22/91)

Original question:
How can I change the name of my primary mail file with rmail? 

Answer:
(setq rmail-file-name "~/mail/RMAIL")  ;  mail goes here

The variable rmail-file-name isn't mentioned anywhere in the
documentation, but C-h v rmail-file-name will provide information.
Thanks to
raymond@math.berkeley.edu (Raymond Chen)
ckclark@athena.mit.edu
Vick Khera <khera@cs.duke.edu>
for a very quick (and accurate) reply.
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	Guy Metcalfe				
	Duke University Dept. of Physics	guy@phy.duke.edu
	& Center for Nonlinear Studies		guy@physics.phy.duke.edu
	Durham, N.C.      27706			guy%phy.duke.edu@cs.duke.edu