Anne, I personally prefer mbox format for the same reason that you mentioned. If needed, I can easily use mutt,pine or even mail to read mail. You do not always have the option of reading mail with a graphical inter- face. It is true that maildir (at least for the most part) keeps mail in standard mail folders. If you use mbox format you do not have the ability to have sub folders. I come from the old UNIX days where you have a directory in you home called Mail and mail folders inside the Mail directory. Almost every text (mutt,pine,elm..) uses the Mail directory to search for folders by default.
But as somebody pointed out this is a personal choice and either one is a good way to go it really depend on what really works best for the individual. I have been using Evolution at home and it uses maildir, it is not as straight forward as the Mail directory approach, but I did find that each sub folder does actually contain an mbox file which is standard mbox format. At work I use mbox with standard (Mail directory) because it is much easier for me to use IMAP, and if I need to ssh into my machine from home I can use mutt to read my mail and it is much easier to change and move between mail folders. Mike On Fri, 2003-06-06 at 12:04, Anne Wilson wrote: > My dally with evo made me aware that I had a mixture of maildir and > mbox for my mail - obviously not ideal - so I set out to convert to > one. I chose mbox, because it is transparent. I know that if I > could not use kmail I can open one of my archive folders in a text > editor and do a search to find anything I need. I like the comfort > factor that gives me. > > I have heard it said, though, that mbox if bad, and maildir is good. > Why? Are there any overriding reasons for going that way? > > Anne > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Michael Noble mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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