Curtis Generous writes:
> According to Russell Nelson:
> >
> > Curtis Generous writes:
> > > What is the mailbox ordering scheme that is returned by applications
> > > as qmail-pop3d when using MAILDIR?
> > >
> > > For example, if when using the 'LIST' or 'UIDL' command to POP,
> > > in what sequence will files be listed? In cronological order, or
> > > file creation time, or ???? Do files in ~/Maildir/cur come before
> > > ~/Maildir/new?
> >
> > File modification time.
>
> Across both /cur and /new? What if files in /new are older than in /cur?
Across both /cur and /new.
> And how does it mitigate between two files with same modification time?
The time is the only key used, so the resultant order depends on the
order the files are presented by readdir().
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