From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Recognize mbox files? Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:18:44 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87d4dpd194.fsf@xemacs.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1234383548 10673 80.91.229.12 (11 Feb 2009 20:19:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:19:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: cyd@stupidchicken.com, ams@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Stephen J. Turnbull" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 11 21:20:23 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LXLZB-0002hW-Hk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:20:17 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52281 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LXLXr-00006O-KW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:18:55 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LXLXn-000064-5W for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:18:51 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LXLXl-00005s-HW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:18:49 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=36138 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LXLXl-00005p-CL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:18:49 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout2.012.net.il ([84.95.2.4]:14848) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LXLXh-0000KK-JQ; Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:18:45 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.i_mtaout2.012.net.il by i_mtaout2.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2004.12) id <0KEX003004F4PC00@i_mtaout2.012.net.il>; Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:19:11 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([84.229.24.112]) by i_mtaout2.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2004.12) with ESMTPA id <0KEX00DVZ4FYXS70@i_mtaout2.012.net.il>; Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:19:11 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <87d4dpd194.fsf@xemacs.org> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 9.1 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:108987 Archived-At: > From: "Stephen J. Turnbull" > Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:51:51 +0900 > Cc: ams@gnu.org, cyd@stupidchicken.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org > > Richard M Stallman writes: > > > 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. (I'm not saying that I'm in favor of autodetection, but "munges" is greatly exaggerated, IMO.) > 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''?