In message <49f33d8d$0$516$bed64...@news.gradwell.net>, tinn...@isbd.co.uk wrote:
> mbox has several advantages over maildir (for me anyway):- > > It allows easy removal of empty mailboxes (in my case by the MUA) Really? I just created a "junk" mail folder via my IMAP server using Thunderbird, and was able to delete it the same way. Or did you mean something else? > It's much easier to search Thunderbird seems to search maildir files just fine. > It's easier to move things around Actually, no. Maildir makes it easier--no need to worry about locking, so it works reliably even on network volumes. > It doesn't have silly ways of delimiting directories as do some > maildir implementations. What do you mean? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
