Jeff McNeil <j...@jmcneil.net> wrote: > > > My maildir hierarchy is created by mutt which is a *very* standards > > > compliant MUA, surely standard python libraries should work with > > > standard maildirs not some wierd extension thereof. > > > > > -- > > > Chris Green > > > > The doc says that "Folders of the style introduced by the Courier mail > > transfer agent are also supported. Any subdirectory of the main > > mailbox is considered a folder if '.' is the first character in its > > name." It's not an explicit endorsement of Maildir++, but it touches > > on what it considers a folder definition. I'm treading on hazy memory > > here, but I believe Maildir++ is the definition provided by the > > Courier folks. > > > > -- > > Thanks, > > > > Jeff > > mcjeff.blogspot.com > > http://wiki.mutt.org/?MuttFaq/Maildir > > That might help as well. You can have Mutt setup your folders using > that extended method. > Thanks, but no thanks. It creates 'folders' which aren't proper hierarchical directories at all and breaks all sorts of standard Unix/Linux ways of handling data. It's basically *horrible* and to be avoided at all costs if you actually want to have a local mail spool. It's OK if it's hidden behind an IMAP mail server or something but otherwise no.
-- Chris Green -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
