Re: switching to mbx problems

[paul niemandt <maudib@acesurfer.co.za>]

two words of advice ...

1. maildir 
2. qmail


On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 14:35, urgrue wrote:
> and continuing on this topic, am i correct in understanding that 
> maildir format works in procmail, but is only supported by courier imap?
> 
> (can't they all just get together and agree on a good, efficient 
> mailbox format?? its almost embarassing that MICROSOFT EXCHANGE seems 
> to have the best mailbox format. oh, the HUMILIATION!)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 2003.06.04 16:16, urgrue wrote:
> > im wanting to switch my mailboxes over from generic crappy unix format
> > 
> > to mbx.
> > ive compiled a newer imap and pop daemon, and converted some test
> > boxes
> > over to mbx. i can successfully read from them.
> > 
> > but then they break. i figure that when new mail gets delivered, my
> > procmail is just writing to the mailbox as if it was the same old unix
> > 
> > format, which creates a hybrid starts-out-as-mbx-ends-as-unix mailbox.
> > 
> > which nobody can read.
> > 
> > procmail doesnt seem to be mbx aware, yet ive seen claims that mbx is
> > the current preferred mailbox format.
> > can i get procmail to handle mbx? if not, any suggestions?
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