In message <jo2dnwpluopxvwjunz2dnuvz_qudn...@posted.usinternet>, Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2009-04-26, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <l...@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> > wrote: > >> 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. > > Who's "we"? Are you volunteering to fix all of the MUAs and > MTAs out there that have mbox code in them that do follow the > rules to make them compatible with _one_ broken library module? All the MUAs and MTAs I'm aware of that are worth bothering about have the option to support maildir format these days. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
