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From: Evil Boris <evilborisnet@netscape.net>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Rmail-mbox branch
Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:38:52 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <84wshvtgoz.fsf@boris.laptop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 841w03v389.fsf@boris.laptop


Evil Boris <evilborisnet@netscape.net> writes:

> But there is a more general problem with this:  I do not like losing
> data or making irreversible changes.  If the said msg contained another
> alternative (say, HTML) that I later would discover contained some
> information I needed, I am not sure how easy it would be to get it
> back.  Maybe I am just being paranoid.

Forgot an important point (of course): After such a manipulation
[undoing quoted-printable- or base64-encoded msg and hand-decoding it],
is it clear that the file is a legitimate mbox file, usable by other
applications?  Or is this not one of the design goals of Rmail-mbox?

--Boris





  reply	other threads:[~2008-09-02  2:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 89+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-06-11 18:05 Rmail-mbox branch Chong Yidong
2008-06-30 12:20 ` Paul Michael Reilly
2008-06-30 13:06   ` Chong Yidong
2008-06-30 13:50     ` Paul Michael Reilly
2008-06-30 13:59       ` Miles Bader
2008-06-30 15:57         ` Stefan Monnier
     [not found]         ` <4868F9F0.2060408@pajato.com>
2008-06-30 18:29           ` Miles Bader
2008-06-30 16:03   ` Stefan Monnier
2008-06-30 17:48     ` Paul Michael Reilly
2008-07-03 21:56       ` Stefan Monnier
2008-08-18  5:15     ` Paul Michael Reilly
2008-08-18  6:01       ` Miles Bader
2008-08-18  6:05         ` Paul Michael Reilly
2008-08-18  6:52           ` Miles Bader
2008-08-18 12:18             ` Paul Michael Reilly
2008-08-29  7:04               ` Glenn Morris
2008-08-31  4:27                 ` Paul Michael Reilly
2008-08-31 18:50                   ` Chong Yidong
2008-08-31 19:15                     ` Evil Boris
2008-09-01  3:09                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-09-01 11:46                         ` Evil Boris
2008-09-01 19:19                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-09-01 19:57                             ` Stefan Monnier
2008-09-02  3:21                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-09-01 23:46                             ` Evil Boris
2008-09-02  2:38                               ` Evil Boris [this message]
2008-09-02  3:32                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-09-02 11:53                                   ` Evil Boris
2008-09-03 20:12                                     ` Paul Michael Reilly
2008-09-02 14:13                                 ` Richard M. Stallman
2008-09-03  2:46                                   ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-09-03  4:41                                     ` Richard M. Stallman
2008-09-03  6:28                                       ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-09-04  0:10                                         ` Richard M. Stallman
2008-09-04  2:26                                           ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-09-04  7:03                                             ` Paul Michael Reilly
2008-09-04  8:44                                               ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-09-04 13:58                                               ` Stefan Monnier
2008-09-04 21:58                                                 ` Paul Michael Reilly
2008-09-04 15:58                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-09-04 22:00                                                 ` Paul Michael Reilly
2008-09-05  2:20                                             ` Richard M. Stallman
2008-09-05  5:33                                               ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-09-06 21:05                                                 ` Richard M. Stallman
2008-09-08  4:57                                                   ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-09-08  8:36                                                     ` Francesco Potorti`
2008-09-08  9:53                                                       ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-09-08 13:03                                                         ` Stefan Monnier
2008-09-09  1:58                                                           ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-09-08 19:15                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-09-08 16:42                                                     ` Richard M. Stallman
2008-09-08 17:55                                                       ` David De La Harpe Golden
2008-09-09  2:54                                                       ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-09-09 14:11                                                         ` Richard M. Stallman
2008-09-10  9:10                                                           ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-09-10 11:43                                                             ` Paul Michael Reilly
2008-09-10 12:23                                                               ` tomas
2008-09-10 17:55                                                               ` Stefan Monnier
2008-09-11  2:39                                                               ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-09-10 15:07                                                             ` David De La Harpe Golden
2008-09-03 16:08                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2008-09-03 19:56                                       ` Paul Michael Reilly
2008-09-04  0:45                                       ` Kenichi Handa
2008-09-04  4:35                                         ` Stefan Monnier
2008-09-04  2:36                                       ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2008-09-04  7:27                                         ` Paul Michael Reilly
2008-09-02  3:28                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-09-01  6:11                       ` Richard M. Stallman
2008-09-01  8:42                         ` Francesco Potorti`
2008-09-01 11:25                           ` Evil Boris
2008-09-01 19:39                     ` Paul Michael Reilly
2008-09-01 20:20                       ` Chong Yidong
2008-09-01 20:52                       ` Stefan Monnier
2008-09-02  1:09                         ` Richard M. Stallman
2008-09-02  3:29                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-09-03  2:41                             ` Richard M. Stallman
2008-09-03  3:17                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-09-03 19:46                                 ` Paul Michael Reilly
2008-09-03 20:20                                   ` Chong Yidong
2008-09-03 23:37                                   ` Glenn Morris
2008-09-04  0:10                                 ` Richard M. Stallman
2008-09-02 19:17                       ` Paul Michael Reilly
2008-09-01  1:06                   ` Glenn Morris
2008-09-01 19:19                     ` Paul Michael Reilly
2008-08-19  4:31       ` Chong Yidong
2008-08-19  7:15         ` Paul Michael Reilly
2008-08-20 16:27           ` Stefan Monnier
2008-08-21 13:55             ` Paul Michael Reilly
2008-08-27 15:47               ` Stefan Monnier

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