Sergei, et al -- In light of Charles' contribution as a much more regular reader of the qmail list, there remains but a little for this reply. ...and then Sergei Kolobov said... % % On 2003-11-26 at 00:03 -0500, David T-G wrote: % > I don't see that; I see a list of exactly what is allowed in the Maildir, % > and anything not listed is not allowed. % % It depends on your viewpoint. I would say, anything not explicitly % prohibited is allowed. The spec does not specifically prohibit nested % Maildirs. Yes it does. Neener neener :-) % ... % This is exactly what Mr. Sam did with his Maildir++, by the way. % Personally, I do not agree with the design decisions Maildir++ based on. I have heard of Maildir++ but haven't played with it and don't know much about it. It seems to me, though, that such a thing -- a new spec based on an existing one which is itself then free to do whatever -- is the Right Way To Go. % % > % Neither Mutt, nor OfflineIMAP (which I use to synchronize my laptop with % > % the server) do not have any problems with this setup. % > % > That doesn't make it right :-) % % ... and doesn't make it wrong either. ;-P Absent evidence to the contrary as presented by Charles, your point is taken. *I* think it's wrong but it can certainly be argued (or it could before we had some helpful input). % % > can't create a Maildir within a Maildir" since the latter is more general % > and more uniform. % % Such error message would be fine with me, and some (if not most of) % other users. I do not see why we would deny users ability to have nested Oh, the error message would be fine with me, too, but it's a special case and since it's one that comes from bending the rules I [would] much prefer the more general error message based on the correct behavior. % Maildirs just because it isn't "more general and more uniform". % I don't buy that. ;) Mutt is about flexibility, after all. ;) I'll give you that quite happily, but Maildir is not, and that's the item at hand! % % Sergei HTH & HAND :-D -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) davidtg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) davidtgwork@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Science and Health" http://justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!
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