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Choosing a Mail Backend
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Gnus will read the mail spool when you activate a mail group. The
mail file is first copied to your home directory. What happens after
that depends on what format you want to store your mail in.
Menu
- Unix Mail Box
- Using the (quite) standard Un*x mbox.
- Rmail Babyl
- Emacs programs use the rmail babyl format.
- Mail Spool
- Store your mail in a private spool?
- MH Spool
- An mhspool-like backend.
- Mail Folders
- Having one file for each group.