From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Evil Boris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Rmail-mbox branch Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:38:52 -0400 Message-ID: <84wshvtgoz.fsf@boris.laptop> References: <87zlprvod0.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <4868CF84.1040005@pajato.com> <48A90589.4020804@pajato.com> <48A91146.60200@pajato.com> <48A968A3.8050806@pajato.com> <48BA1DAE.2030005@pajato.com> <874p51xblf.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <84od39q9mv.fsf@boris.laptop> <84abesum0g.fsf@boris.laptop> <841w03v389.fsf@boris.laptop> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1220323155 29306 80.91.229.12 (2 Sep 2008 02:39:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 02:39:15 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 02 04:40:09 2008 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 1KaLoP-0000Bc-0y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:40:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54178 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KaLnP-0007gU-NT for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:39:07 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KaLnL-0007gP-21 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:39:03 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KaLnK-0007fi-4T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:39:02 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58704 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KaLnJ-0007fK-RL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:39:01 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:33325 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KaLnJ-0005dD-IP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:39:01 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1KaLnH-0007Zg-Ag for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:38:59 +0000 Original-Received: from 207-38-194-119.c3-0.wsd-ubr5.qens-wsd.ny.cable.rcn.com ([207.38.194.119]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:38:59 +0000 Original-Received: from evilborisnet by 207-38-194-119.c3-0.wsd-ubr5.qens-wsd.ny.cable.rcn.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:38:59 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 15 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 207-38-194-119.c3-0.wsd-ubr5.qens-wsd.ny.cable.rcn.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:AJfgCsFHxrgwIQu60yV+WbGXNRg= X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:103406 Archived-At: Evil Boris 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