On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 08:47:46PM -0400, Tim Gray wrote: > On Apr 16, 2013 at 05:24 PM -0700, Gary Johnson wrote: > >When the maildir format was created, it was decided to put a lot of > >information in the file name to avoid having to open each file to > >obtain or change that information. The format of the name was > >standardized (to a point) so that any MUA claiming to understand the > >maildir format could manage a set of messages written by any MUA or > >MDA also claiming to use the maildir format. Adding ".eml" to the > >end of file names breaks that interoperability contract. > > Thanks for the explanation. I should have been more clear - I > understood this. I'm not overly concerned about breaking a > compatibility with clients/servers I don't use.
You're not, but obviously such a patch should never be implemented in mutt itself. w
