On Mon, Mar 27, 2000 at 03:32:15AM +0900, Sam Alleman thus spoke:
>
> I was wondering if there was any simple way to read gzipped mailboxes.
> I like to archive my mail periodically, and gzip them to save space.
> Periodically, I'll need something from one of my old messages. Usually,
> I'll use zgrep to search for some keyword, gunzip the file, and fire up
> mutt. Can anyone think of a way ( either using some sort of preprocessor,
> or a new feature in mutt ) to read the mailbox file without gunzipping them?
> In fact, if mutt could handle some sort of encrypted mailbox seamlessly
> that would be *EXCEPTIONALLY* cool! Pgp encrypted mailboxes would be
> fantastic. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
>
> Sam
I've wished for a gzipped mailbox read feature myself.
However, I'll politely disagree with you on PGP encrypted mailboxes being
fantastic. In fact, it would be slow and cumbersome, for the simple reason
that in the case of a mailbox you want to add onto, you'd have to know if
it was PGP encrypted (which would likely mean creating an ASCII armoured file,
which would then require a third layer of gzipping to get it BACK down to a
reasonable size), and also have to unencrypt it to read it, write to it,
and then reencrypt it entirely over again.
>From a development standpoint, that's very ugly and very messy, and I
wouldn't be surprised if they say it will never happen...for the reasons
listed above.
I second the motion for a gzip-capable mutt though. (No wisecracks about,
"Sure, just send in the patch!" either!) :)
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