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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: "Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@xemacs.org>,
	emacs-devel@gnu.org, cyd@stupidchicken.com, rms@gnu.org,
	ams@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Recognize mbox files?
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:59:20 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvy6wca02s.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <umycsybff.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:18:44 +0200")

>> > I normally use *.xmail for these files.
>> > I think others use *.mbox.
>> > But the general idea would work.
>> 
>> As long as Rmail munges the file without asking

> It just adds one or two X-SOMETHING headers, that's all.

The problem is if this detection is not 100% reliable, this may actually
have a serious consequence, especially if you don't notice it.

>> Otherwise, Rmail will have to be considered risky for use by mail
>> admins.
> Heh, what it does nowadays is nothing compared with what it did before
> the mbox merge: it would convert the file to Babyl!  How's that for
> ``risky''?

But *when* did it do it?  Would it do it, just by C-x C-f <somemboxfile> RET?


        Stefan




  reply	other threads:[~2009-02-12  1:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-02-09 18:38 Recognize mbox files? Alfred M. Szmidt
2009-02-10  1:34 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-02-10  9:36   ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-02-10 20:02 ` Richard M Stallman
2009-02-11  0:34   ` Chetan Pandya
2009-02-11 20:58     ` Richard M Stallman
2009-02-11  4:51   ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-02-11 20:18     ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-02-12  1:59       ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2009-02-12  4:09         ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-02-12  5:15           ` Stefan Monnier
2009-02-12  2:40       ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-02-11 20:59     ` Richard M Stallman
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2009-02-18 16:57 Alfred M. Szmidt
2009-02-17 23:55 Xavier Maillard
2009-02-17 23:55 Xavier Maillard
2009-02-17 15:27 Alfred M. Szmidt
2009-02-17 16:36 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-02-18  3:27   ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-02-18  3:39     ` Miles Bader
2009-02-18  4:18       ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-02-18 12:10       ` Richard M Stallman
2009-02-18 12:09   ` Richard M Stallman
2009-02-17 13:10 Alfred M. Szmidt
2009-02-17 14:17 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-02-18 12:10 ` Richard M Stallman
2009-02-16 16:12 Alfred M. Szmidt
2009-02-17 12:13 ` Richard M Stallman
2009-02-14 21:52 Alfred M. Szmidt
2009-02-14 21:25 Xavier Maillard
2009-02-14 22:51 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-02-16 15:40 ` Richard M Stallman
2009-02-14 21:25 Xavier Maillard
2009-02-13  8:25 Alfred M. Szmidt
2009-02-12  8:16 Alfred M. Szmidt
2009-02-13  6:33 ` Richard M Stallman
2009-02-12  7:45 Alfred M. Szmidt
2009-02-10  7:36 Alfred M. Szmidt
2009-02-09  5:31 Richard M Stallman
2009-02-09 18:17 ` Chong Yidong
2009-02-09 19:09   ` Harald Hanche-Olsen
2009-02-09 21:26   ` Reiner Steib
2009-02-09 22:06     ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-02-09 22:35       ` Reiner Steib
2009-02-10  8:34         ` Eli Zaretskii

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