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

[Paul Vixie]

Ken Hornstein wrote:
> ... So it would be helpful if we supported Maildir as a mailbox
> format, because then we could use nmh directly on the backend store
> without going through IMAP (to me that suggests that really you want
> IMAP support in nmh, but, whatever).  ...

if MH could speak IMAP and if pick(1) could use Sieve, life would be great!

> Also, I was curious so I looked at the Dovecot sources; it seems that
> if Dovecot notices that the mtime of the new or cur directories has
> been updated, it will rebuild the indexes.  Also, it will move messages
> from "new" to "cur" when it clears the \Recent flag.

that's the suspenders, as in, belt and suspenders. the belt is, if 
Dovecot moves a message on its own, it will usually update the index 
incrementally. the mtime comparison is there to cope with the 
possibility that some other Maildir client makes changes behind 
dovecot's back.

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P Vixie