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### 6.4 Getting Mail

Reading mail with a newsreader—isn’t that just plain WeIrD? But of course.

• Mail in a Newsreader: |  | Important introductory notes.
• Getting Started Reading Mail: |  | A simple cookbook example.
• Splitting Mail: |  | How to create mail groups.
• Mail Sources: |  | How to tell Gnus where to get mail from.
• Mail Back End Variables: |  | Variables for customizing mail handling.
• Fancy Mail Splitting: |  | Gnus can do hairy splitting of incoming mail.
• Group Mail Splitting: |  | Use group customize to drive mail splitting.
• Incorporating Old Mail: |  | What about the old mail you have?
• Expiring Mail: |  | Getting rid of unwanted mail.
• Washing Mail: |  | Removing cruft from the mail you get.
• Duplicates: |  | Dealing with duplicated mail.
• Not Reading Mail: |  | Using mail back ends for reading other files.
• Choosing a Mail Back End: |  | Gnus can read a variety of mail formats.