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#### 6.4.13.2 Babyl

The nnbabyl back end will use a Babyl mail box to store mail. `nnbabyl` will add extra headers to each mail article to say which group it belongs in.

Virtual server settings:

`nnbabyl-mbox-file`

  The name of the Babyl file. The default is `~/RMAIL`

`nnbabyl-active-file`

  The name of the active file for the Babyl file. The default is `~/.rmail-active`

`nnbabyl-get-new-mail`

  If non-`nil`, `nnbabyl` will read incoming mail. Default is `t`