[issue21360] mailbox.Maildir should ignore files named with a leading dot

Abhilash Raj added the comment: David: How do you propose we move forward on this? Should we provide a switch to keep the original behaviour (which is off by default) so if there is someone depending on this bug, they could still continue to do it with relatively small change? It is a chan

[issue21360] mailbox.Maildir should ignore files named with a leading dot

Zackery Spytz added the comment: I've created a PR for this issue. -- nosy: +ZackerySpytz versions: +Python 3.7, Python 3.8 ___ Python tracker ___

[issue21360] mailbox.Maildir should ignore files named with a leading dot

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[issue21360] mailbox.Maildir should ignore files named with a leading dot

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[issue21360] mailbox.Maildir should ignore files named with a leading dot

R. David Murray added the comment: I wonder if changing this would break any working programs. I'd like to think not, but it is certainly possible for someone to be actually depending this bug. -- components: +email nosy: +akuchling, barry, r.david.murray _

[issue21360] mailbox.Maildir should ignore files named with a leading dot

New submission from Lars Wirzenius: The maildir format specification (see http://cr.yp.to/proto/maildir.html) is clear that files named with leading dots should be ignore: Unless you're writing messages to a maildir, the format of a unique name is none of your business. A unique name can b