From kde-core-devel  Sun Oct 03 19:01:48 1999
From: "Dirk A. Mueller" <dmuell () gmx ! net>
Date: Sun, 03 Oct 1999 19:01:48 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: Proposal: package split
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Rik Hemsley <rik@kde.org> wrote:

> I would honestly have hacked kmail but the internal design is
> important. You can't support asynchronous operation without changing
> the design beyond recognition. A new message parser had to be written 
> and the 'mailbox' object would have to be abstracted to allow for easy
> handling of different mailbox types. This basically adds up to a
> rewrite.

just a note: empath is really the best designed mail app that I've ever
seen, so it really should be pushed forward :)


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Dirk A. Mueller