In message <_vqdnf6pny1gymzunz2dnuvz_qcdn...@posted.visi>, Grant Edwards 
wrote:

> ... if one didn't care about backwards-compatiblity with old e-mail
> apps, then one would use a less broken mailbox format like
> maildir.

It's only in the proprietary-software world that we need to worry about 
backward compatibility with old, obsolete software that the vendors cannot 
or will not fix. In the Free Software world, we fix the software to bring it 
up to date.

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