From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Add Maildir support to RMAIL Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2021 15:18:02 -0700 Message-ID: <87zgua82cl.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <1627214524.13283@bluehome.net> <83tukiwnzv.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="8579"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: csh , ane@iki.fi, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 26 00:18:52 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1m7mSR-00022p-5n for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 26 Jul 2021 00:18:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41804 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1m7mSQ-0004kZ-84 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 25 Jul 2021 18:18:50 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:33132) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1m7mRs-000467-Rf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jul 2021 18:18:16 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.ericabrahamsen.net ([52.70.2.18]:59684) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1m7mRr-0003Qi-3z; Sun, 25 Jul 2021 18:18:16 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (c-71-197-184-122.hsd1.wa.comcast.net [71.197.184.122]) (Authenticated sender: eric@ericabrahamsen.net) by mail.ericabrahamsen.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5F650FA0A0; Sun, 25 Jul 2021 22:18:05 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ericabrahamsen.net; s=mail; t=1627251485; bh=kawbYDj3iK2x5nIxFjuPNLEJ6JYatwwIYDAR1+V7OmQ=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=HrCsWGstiGGGDmkrWnef7Lj/VqWwFiyHVD3RE6XFa8X6jV9KQxqVojwBEdvZpqPLe 0GvKGV2gYhiyri8UjeYhgGHBMTsq/kqI+hWh8j2S3toj3XKIrl4g6OQOzkUZhrOwOZ b4hlem1aFOt4CIF8xDWqwUs2mABh7IYzFpSrEkeA= In-Reply-To: <83tukiwnzv.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sun, 25 Jul 2021 15:56:36 +0300") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=52.70.2.18; envelope-from=eric@ericabrahamsen.net; helo=mail.ericabrahamsen.net X-Spam_score_int: -43 X-Spam_score: -4.4 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:271625 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: csh >> Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2021 05:02:04 -0700 (PDT) >> Cc: ane@iki.fi >> >> I really love the simplicity of reading mail with RMAIL, but most >> email providers no longer use the mbox format for mail. Is there any >> way someone could get RMAIL working with Maildir mailboxes? >> >> The only thing I could find on the matter was a blog entry[1], but >> the solution did not seem complete. It was more of a workaround, and >> I don't know how well it would work day-to-day. > > Would it be possible to lift some code or ideas from Gnus? FWIW Gnus' maildir support is "weird" and also very Gnus-specific, so please don't borrow (or even look at) that code.