> > But the nice thing is that you can edit text, copy attachments in/out, > > remove them, etc. etc. > this is already possible with upas/fs, isn't it? also, i get the benefit > of not being tied into message formats. for example, i can use imap.
Nope. If you try to remove an attach you remove the mail. What I like of your way is that making upas/fs understand this mbox format makes all other tools available. > in addition, doesn't storing mail your way increase the storage requirements? No. Same file sent multiple times with different mails (which I do get a lot) only consumes a single place on venti. > also, what do you do about header parsing without upas/fs's help? I run upas/fs on the raw file (e.g., in the Send script that sends this reply) > (storing small mailboxes as a mdir even consumes more resources than > a mbox. unfortunately, i have to account for massive mail boxes.) (are there small mboxes anymore? ;) I know, but it's so covenient to do a "looktags msgs quanstro mbox" and get the paths/lines for messages relevant; etc.
