> From: "James J. Lippard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 21:22:48 -0700 (MST)
>
> I think Dan is assuming that additional mail folders won't be in the INBOX
> maildir (even though that was the question that was originally asked), but
> rather that you stick maildir mail folders in the same places you'd stick
> mailbox-format maildirs. I.e., not in the incoming maildir.
I've got a related issue. My partner has put an item on my todo list to move
all the mailboxes from the user's home directories to a sub-directory.
The reason for this is that apparently many of our customers can't resist the
impulse to put random files into the mail folders. These are people who are
sitting on PCs or Macs and see their home directory as a folder on their
desktop. Apparently when they see a subfolder with the name of one of their
contacts, they forget that it's a mail box and think it's a handy place to put
data that just magically appeared.
One could easily argue (as I attempted to do) that there is no problem here
because users know what they create, but in reality, as we get increasingly
ignorant users, that assumption becomes less and less tenable.
Chris
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