On Thu, 2008-03-06 at 23:15 +0000, Grant Edwards wrote: > > With v1.1 you could use a "normal" directory layout for maildirs as well > > with: > > > > mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:LAYOUT=fs > > That will be wonderful! > > I never really understood why people decided to try to emulate > a filesystem using special characters in filenames. I don't > know if that originated in the maildir camp or the IMAP server > camp, but it's always been a real hassle for those of us who > accessed thing both directly via local mail clients (who don't > tread "." as special) and via an IMAP server (which does tread > "." as special). Were either maildir or IMAP servers really > intended to run on an OS that didn't have such a thing as > directories/folders/whatever?
It originated from Courier IMAP's Maildir++ idea. I think the main reason was that this allowed MDAs to support Maildir++ quota easily when delivering to subfolders: 1. If "maildirfolder" file doesn't exist, update maildirsize file 2. If "maildirfolder" file does exists, update ../maildirsize > It all works, but having to use IMAP to > access files that are right there in ~/Mail bugs me. :) I think it's better to access everything via IMAP whenever possible, because then you gain from Dovecot's indexing and caching. It should work a lot faster than if your MUA reads and parses everything over and over again.
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