Re: Reading mail stored in a DB

[Travis Spencer <travislspencer@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/28/05, George <d1945@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hey George,

> So, to sum up, mutt can read messages in a database, but only if you
> remove them from the database.  I doubt that's what you're looking for
> or wanted to hear

Two other reasons to do this in my mind are 1) If all messages are
stored in a database, three month old emails can be deleted willy
nilly.  To view the old messages, I could just change to the
`archive/foo' mailbox for example.  If I were to hack mutt to display
all mailbox messages in the archive directory by querying the DB and
displaying them in a normal manner, I would have a pretty nice
archival system, 2) the system administrators at my school don't
impose a quota on database size, but they do on file system usage. 
So, I could store all the emails I wanted and never get bumped over
quota :-)

> you're heading down a dead-end street.  Or to use Kyle's words,
> it's a silly idea.

You guys are probably right.

Thanks George, Kyle, and Emil for your comments.  Have a happy New Year!

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Regards,

Travis Spencer