Re: mbox or MAILDIR

1999-08-30 Thread J Horacio MG
David DeSimone dijo: > > You can mix and match folder types all you like. Mutt will recognize > and read/write whatever folder type already exists. The mbox_type > variable only affects what type of folder Mutt will create when the > folder does not exist. > > I use mbox for small folders, and

Re: mbox or MAILDIR

1999-08-30 Thread Brendan Cully
On Monday, 30 August 1999 at 15:11, David DeSimone wrote: > Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Nope, I have a very simple quote_regexp: > > set quote_regexp="^([ \t]?[ \t]?[>:|])+" mine is: set quote_regexp="^[ \t]*[a-zA-Z\.*>" > It makes no attempt to match From texts, yet it I s

Re: mbox or MAILDIR

1999-08-30 Thread Aaron Schrab
At 15:11 -0500 30 Aug 1999, David DeSimone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I cannot seem to find the place in the sources where the ">From" is > being recognized and handled specially, but it is definitely happening. It doesn't search for >From specifically, it searches for lines that match the smil

Re: mbox or MAILDIR

1999-08-30 Thread David DeSimone
Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But perhaps you have my $quote_regexp: > > set quote_regexp="^(>[^F]|>F[^r]|>Fr[^o]|>Fro[^m]|[A-Za-z]+> )" Nope, I have a very simple quote_regexp: set quote_regexp="^([ \t]?[ \t]?[>:|])+" It makes no attempt to match From texts, yet it I see th

Re: mbox or MAILDIR

1999-08-30 Thread David DeSimone
J Horacio MG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've looked through this thread for the possibility of having both mbox > and maildir mailboxes together (I think that was part of the original > question) ... does anyone have the solution? You can mix and match folder types all you like. Mutt will re

Re: mbox or MAILDIR

1999-08-30 Thread J Horacio MG
David DeSimone dijo: > > Brendan Cully <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The only problem I have with mbox is I hate it when lines starting > > [...] > > While I hate this, too, it has recently come to my attention that Mutt > [...] I've looked through this thread for the possibility of having

Re: mbox or MAILDIR

1999-08-30 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On Mon, Aug 30, 1999 at 14:39:38 -0500, David DeSimone wrote: > While I hate this, too, it has recently come to my attention that Mutt > actually makes an attempt to recognize lines that start with ">From" and > not colorize them as an extra level of quoting. I'm not sure when this > went in, but

Re: mbox or MAILDIR

1999-08-30 Thread David DeSimone
Brendan Cully <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The only problem I have with mbox is I hate it when lines starting > with "From" are quoted (by the mda?) to ">From". That's especially > annoying with colourised messages, though that could be tuned with a > better regex, I expect. While I hate this,

"User-Agent:" header in 0.95.7 ? [Was Re: mbox or MAILDIR]

1999-08-28 Thread Russell Hoover
On Thu 08/26/99 at 04:51 PM +1000, Craig McVean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello to all mutters i'm a cook who plays with the linux os becuase its > fun However i'm not vey computer literate so it takes me 8 times longer > than most newbies to work things out. There's one thing in this me

Re: mbox or MAILDIR

1999-08-27 Thread David DeSimone
> > - How could I change my mbox folders to maildir? Any program > > that does this? Yes, it's called Mutt. :) Pete Toscano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > you can call mutt from the command line and have it execute the > following: have it change to the renamed folder > (c=renamedfolde

Re: mbox or MAILDIR

1999-08-27 Thread Pete Toscano
On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Roberto Suarez Soto wrote: > On 26/Aug/1999, Michael Elkins wrote: > > > As for which is best, maildir probably works faster for large mailboxes since > > each message is stored in a separate file, so things like deleting message 500 > > of 1000 happen instantaneously wher

Re: mbox or MAILDIR

1999-08-27 Thread Roberto Suarez Soto
On 26/Aug/1999, Michael Elkins wrote: > As for which is best, maildir probably works faster for large mailboxes since > each message is stored in a separate file, so things like deleting message 500 > of 1000 happen instantaneously whereas in a mbox style you have to rewrite > half of the mailbox

Re: mbox or MAILDIR

1999-08-27 Thread Pete Toscano
On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Kim DeVaughn wrote: > Personally, I've never found any good reason to use anything other than > mbox style boxes. They are also easier to do "external" things with (like > grep'ing the contents, etc), and seem to have fewer problems with "new mail" > notification/indicatio

Re: mbox or MAILDIR

1999-08-27 Thread Brendan Cully
- Original Message - From: Kim DeVaughn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mutt Users <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 27, 1999 2:35 AM Subject: Re: mbox or MAILDIR > On Thu, Aug 26, 1999, Michael Elkins ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said: > | > | On Thu, Aug 26, 1999 at 04

Re: mbox or MAILDIR

1999-08-27 Thread Kim DeVaughn
On Fri, Aug 27, 1999, Thomas Roessler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said: | | > Personally, I've never found any good reason to use anything other | > than mbox style boxes. They are also easier to do "external" | > things with (like grep'ing the contents, etc), and seem to have | > fewer problems with "ne

Re: mbox or MAILDIR

1999-08-27 Thread Thomas Roessler
On 1999-08-27 00:35:56 -0600, Kim DeVaughn wrote: > Personally, I've never found any good reason to use anything other > than mbox style boxes. They are also easier to do "external" > things with (like grep'ing the contents, etc), and seem to have > fewer problems with "new mail" notification/in

Re: mbox or MAILDIR

1999-08-26 Thread Kim DeVaughn
On Thu, Aug 26, 1999, Michael Elkins ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said: | | On Thu, Aug 26, 1999 at 04:51:04PM +1000, Craig McVean wrote: | > | > Could someone explain the diffs between Mailder | > and mbox, and which is best | | This is detailed fairly well in the manual in the section on mailbox types.

Re: mbox or MAILDIR

1999-08-26 Thread Michael Elkins
On Thu, Aug 26, 1999 at 04:51:04PM +1000, Craig McVean wrote: > Could someone explain the diffs between Mailder > and mbox, and which is best This is detailed fairly well in the manual in the section on mailbox types. As for which is best, maildir probably works faster for large mailboxes sinc

mbox or MAILDIR

1999-08-26 Thread Craig McVean
Hello to all mutters i'm a cook who plays with the linux os becuase its fun However i'm not vey computer literate so it takes me 8 times longer than most newbies to work things out. Could someone explain the diffs between Mailder and mbox, and which is best for slowies like me. i use fetchm