-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 11 December 2001 19:08, Jan Schaumann wrote: > scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Tuesday 11 December 2001 14:07, Jan Schaumann wrote: > > > Christian Dysthe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > In addition, mails are stored > > > in a standard forat, so that you can easily and happily grep through > > > your mail and perform searches that are far beyond those any > > > GUI-email-client is capable of. > > > > I know this is off-topic, but i just had to correct this statement, since > > it's blatantly wrong. > > What is "wrong" about the statement I made? I did not dispute that > $YourGUI-MUA *also* stores the mails in a normal format. I simply > wanted to make a point about the search-capabilities of GUI MUAs. > > -Jan
It sounded like the point you were trying to make was based on your assumption that GUI mail programs all store their mail data in binary/proprietary formats.... which isn't true.... KDEmail stores it's data and configuration information as plain text, easily editable and easily greppable. - -- [scott] :: "ein kalter Tod für den sprecher von Lügen" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.8 iQA/AwUBPAzLtGkF5Bwr8hiXEQLvewCZAbEmTCX7EhykhWbMAO8eWbedvS8AnAkB dP18/2LpxGlRZsEMcQtBWjYK =A2+E -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
