* csj@mindgate.net (csj@mindgate.net) [030211 09:22]: > On Sun, 9 Feb 2003 23:46:26 -0800, > Vineet Kumar wrote: > > of doing things, so support for it is universal. Also, loading > > an mbox is generally faster than loading a maildir. > > There are ways of cheating, like having an index. Right. AFAIK, Kmail does this, and I hear it works well. There has been talk of adding a feature to mutt as well, but I haven't been following its progress recently. > > Exim will happily deliver into maildirs if you uncomment the > > "maildir_format" line in the address_directory transport (and > > somehow specify the directory you'd like to deliver to, perhaps > > via .forward or by making a director that checks if ~/Maildir/ > > or ~/Inbox/ exists and delivering there if so). I don't know > > about fetchmail, but if you have it configured to deliver via > > SMTP through the local exim anyway, it shouldn't be an issue. > > I do know that procmail and maildrop both support delivery into > > maildirs. > > The procmail (or maildrop) solution is IMHO better than having > one program to rule them all. One program to fetch(mail), another > to deliver (exim), and another to filter (procmail). Agreed, personally, but TMTOWTDI, and to each his own. > > As for MUA support, I know mutt does, but I'm not 100% sure of > > others. It's fairly widely supported at this point, and I'd > > guess that the popular X GUI mailers (sylpheed, kmail, > > evolution) do support it as well. I see that you're using > > mutt, though, so you'll be fine. > > Unless some new feature was added to CVS, Sylpheed(-claws) > supports MH, which isn't quite maildir. KMail supports maildir in My mistake; that was just a guess without any facts to back it up. > addition to what I believe is its version of mbox. I haven't > tried Evolution in ages. My User-Agent of choice, Wanderlust (an > elisp program running under Emacs) supports all three, mbox, MH > and maildir. Another unconfirmed guess here: I believe gnus does as well, for those who run emacOS =) good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue." -- Barry Goldwater
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