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Re: Mixing maildir and mbox



On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 10:26:57AM +0100, Thomas Roessler wrote:
> On 2007-02-07 09:20:51 +0000, cl@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> > I can solve the problem by switching to maildir, however I'd
> > prefer not to keep my saved/archived mail in maildir format, is
> > it possible (or sensible) to mix the two formats?
> 
> Yes.  I use maildir for my inbox (since it's the format that
> synchronizes fastest and most robustly) and mbox for my archive
> folders.
> 
> > I believe mutt will be fine with this as it will recognise the
> > directory layout as maildir, it doesn't need to have the
> > 'mbox-type' variable set.
> 
> > Then if/when I use mutt to save mail (in a separate directory
> > hierarchy) it will use the default mbox format.
> 
> > Will this strategy work as I believe it will?
> 
Excellent, thanks for confirming that this will work.

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Chris Green (chris@xxxxxxxxxxxx)