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(efaq)Recovering mail files when Rmail munges them

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How do I recover my mail files after Rmail munges their format?
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   If you have just done `M-x rmail-input' on a file and you don't want
to save it in Rmail's format (called BABYL), just kill the buffer (with
`C-x k').

   If you typed `M-x rmail' and it read some messages out of your inbox
and you want to put them in a Unix mail file, use `C-o' on each message.

   If you want to convert an existing file from BABYL format to Unix
mail format, use the command `M-x unrmail': it will prompt you for the
input and output file names.

   Alternatively, you could use the `b2m' program supplied with Emacs.
`b2m' is a filter, and is used like this:

      b2m < BABYL-FILE > MBOX-FILE

where BABYL-FILE is the name of the BABYL file, and MBOX-FILE is the
name of the file where the converted mail will be written.