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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Abstracting the Linux Desktop from the File-system
From:       Manuel Amador <amadorm () usm ! edu ! ec>
Date:       2002-12-03 21:41:15
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> That means throwing away our compatibility with other mail readers, like 
> Netscape/Mozilla, pine, elm, mutt, etc., that store their mailboxes in 
> ~/Mail. You're asking to sacrifice functionality.

sadly yes.  So it should be done carefully.  This was a suggestion for
the distant future.  An inconsistency: pine stores mail folders in
~/mail.  Mozilla stores mail folders in a .mozilla subdirectory.

I meant maildir, not MH.  My mistake.

> 
> Besides, I think the default folder format for KMail is Maildir, so newly 
> created folders will have the one file-one e-mail paradigm. And users do know 
> how to create folders, move e-mails and some even know how to set up filter 
> rules.

I agree.  The KMail developers are moving towards the common goal.

> 
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