On 20110415_184254, Toby Cubitt wrote: > On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 09:28:17AM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: > > I'm interested in using mh format for processing and storage of my > > emails on my debian wheezy computer. That computer has been my main > > desktop machine and has been running mutt, procmail, fetchmail (for > > incoming) and exim4 (for outgoing). > > > > Procmail can deliver emails to a mh-type folder and mutt can display > > and minipulate emails that are stored in mh-type folders. So, I thought > > it might be a drop- in replacement of mbox-type folders. But I am > > running into problems. > [...] > > The reason for my interest in mh is that it stores each email in a > > separate file which will make writing scripts to build indices of > > contents (I think). > > Maybe you answered this already and I missed it, but is there any reason > why you're choosing the mh format over maildir? > > Maildir is essentially a more modern successor to mh, and like mh is a > file-per-message format. Whilst the advantages of the maildir format over > mh probably aren't that important in your setup, my impression is that > maildir is more widely used and better supported than mh these days, so > you might run into less problems with it. (For what it's worth, mutt, > procmail, and various home-grown scripts all work flawlessly for me with > maildir. I've never used the mh format.) > > > HTH,
It certainly does help. And I'm sorry I didn't notice you response sooner. Now its three out of three for Maildir over MH, a question that I did not ask, but probably should have. Thanks to you, too. > > Toby > -- > Dr T. S. Cubitt > Mathematics and Quantum Information group > Department of Mathematics > Complutense University > Madrid, Spain > > email: ts...@cantab.net > web: www.dr-qubit.org > -- Paul E Condon pecon...@mesanetworks.net
