From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Richard M. Stallman" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Rmail-mbox branch Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:13:45 -0400 Message-ID: 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> <84wshvtgoz.fsf@boris.laptop> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1220365021 21310 80.91.229.12 (2 Sep 2008 14:17:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 14:17:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Evil Boris , monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 02 16:17:55 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 1KaWhe-0004W7-DT for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:17:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57304 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KaWgf-0001rL-6p for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:16:53 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KaWfF-0000kJ-Ur for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:15:26 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KaWfF-0000ja-6d for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:15:25 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33535 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KaWfF-0000jM-1D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:15:25 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:54691) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KaWfF-0003WE-8C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:15:25 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1KaWdd-0001tR-H0; Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:13:45 -0400 In-reply-to: <84wshvtgoz.fsf@boris.laptop> (message from Evil Boris on Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:38:52 -0400) 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:103423 Archived-At: 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? I am not sure. If it isn't valid as an mbox file, perhaps it is true that Rmail/mbox needs to do this decoding each time it displays the message, rather than just once (as some have claimed before). Stefan, can you tell Paul Reilly about the new features you told me ought to make this feasible? If you edit such a message, how can Rmail/mbox save the edit? Perhaps it needs to re-enode the changed message body in the same encoding that the message used.