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Re: Add Maildir support to RMAIL
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Philip Kaludercic |
Subject: |
Re: Add Maildir support to RMAIL |
Date: |
Mon, 26 Jul 2021 08:35:07 +0000 |
csh <csh@bluehome.net> writes:
> Fellow Emacsites,
>
> I really love the simplicity of reading mail with RMAIL, but most
> email providers no longer use the mbox format for mail. Is there any
> way someone could get RMAIL working with Maildir mailboxes?
I have thought about this in the past, but I don't think it would be
possible without rewriting RMAIL to a significant degree. RMAIL can be
seen as a major mode for mbox files, and translating that onto Maildir
would probably turn out messy if backwards compatibility is to be
maintained.
It would probably be better to create a new client, that might use Gnus
code, but tries to provide a Rmail-like interface (and not trying to
abstract over all possible news sources, but just limiting itself to
email). I started writing code for a client like this some while ago,
but gave up because Gnus is good enough for me.
> The only thing I could find on the matter was a blog entry[1], but the
> solution did not seem complete. It was more of a workaround, and I don't
> know how well it would work day-to-day.
>
> Thanks,
> Caleb Herbert
>
> CC: Antoine Kalmbach.
>
> [1]: Kalmbach, Antoine. "Back to Rmail." URI:
> <https://ane.github.io/2020/09/09/rmail.html>.
>
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Philip Kaludercic
- Re: Add Maildir support to RMAIL, (continued)
Re: Add Maildir support to RMAIL, csh, 2021/07/25
Re: Add Maildir support to RMAIL, Eric Abrahamsen, 2021/07/25
Re: Add Maildir support to RMAIL, Jean Louis, 2021/07/26
Re: Add Maildir support to RMAIL, Jean Louis, 2021/07/26
Re: Add Maildir support to RMAIL,
Philip Kaludercic <=
Re: Add Maildir support to RMAIL, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/07/25
Re: Add Maildir support to RMAIL, csh, 2021/07/27