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## 3 Setting up the mairix interface

First, put `mairix.el` in your Emacs search path and put `(require 'mairix)` into your `.emacs` file. Then, use `M-x customize-group mairix RET` to set your preferences for mairix.el. The most important items are Mairix File Path, Mairix Search File and Mairix Mail Program. The latter specifies which mail program should be used to display the mairix search results. Currently, RMail, Gnus with mbox files, and VM are supported. If you use Gnus with maildir or mh, use the native Gnus back end nnmairix instead.

If you use another Emacs mail program which is not yet supported by mairix.el, it is pretty easy to integrate it. See Extending, on how to integrate it into mairix.el.

Now you should be ready to go. See Using, for the available commands.