Re: Rmail-mbox branch

[Paul Michael Reilly]

Evil Boris wrote:
> Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Current Rmail doesn't keep the file in mbox format, but in Babyl.
> > Decoding as I suggested leaves a valid Babyl file, yes.
>
> I guess one can imagine a part whose decoding would introduce Babyl msg
> separators, but I digress.
>
> > Pmail will hold the original mbox (undecoded) format, so such decoding
> > will not affect it in any way.  The decoded text lives only as long as
> > the message is displayed.
>
> I did not realize that a decision was made to separate the presentation
> from the mbox format, in Rmail/mbox.  I recall a discussion about this
> on emacs-devel, but did not remember the outcome.

Me either. :-) But it is becoming more and more clear that there is no
other reasonable way to do Rmail/mbox and maintain the PMAIL file in
mbox format.

> This makes at least that objection go away.  Thanks.

And a few other problems too, like invisible headers becoming visible
when you least expect it (a current bug).

-pmr