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6 b2m - convert old Emacs Rmail Babyl format to mbox format
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9 b2m < babyl-file > mbox-file
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12 b2m accepts Babyl format mail (as used by older versions of Rmail in
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19 The program accepts unambiguous abbreviations for long option names.
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28 The Babyl format is described in the file etc/BABYL in the Emacs dis‐
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33 b2m was originally written by Ed Wilkinson. Francesco Potorti updated
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