Re: [Nmh-workers] What OS/Architecture Do You Run nmh On?

[Paul Vixie]

Ken Hornstein wrote:
> > We've talked a lot about the subtle change to move MH to Maildir, and we
> > never quite work out all the wrinkles, and I'd sure like to that.
>
> I hear people say this, and I have to wonder ... what's the goal here?
>
> If the goal is to share your mailbox with another client (or maybe
> IMAP server) that understands Maildir, okay, fine, I can get that.  But as
> far as I can tell that's the only reason to do it.

that's the motivating benefit. the frosting on this cake is 
future-proofing. there will be new tools developed in the community that 
add functionality for Maildir archives. there will never be for MH.

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P Vixie