Jon Steinhart <j...@fourwinds.com> wrote: > I use these hooks to build a separate searchable database. I have a > number > of additional command line utilities that operate on this database.
I'm interested in trying this. > Any of you could use these hooks to maintain a separate directory tree > that > stores mail in a format that you prefer, such as one directory per > message. I would also run this if it existed. > I would point out that a minor problem with this approach, which would > also > exist if nmh were to change storage systems, is making sure that the > subsidiary > files are synchronized with the originals. I have (and nmh would need) a > fsck-like utility that checks and fixes this stuff. Problems don't > often arise, > but a disk-full or system crash at the wrong time can mess things up. True. I think the right approach is that we need to figure out what are the missing APIs that would make mh-e and exmh happy, and add them before we think about any changes to the store. I move my older emails from my desktop to another machine, and they become essentially read-only, but I'd sure like to have a cached read-only copy on my laptop. I keep thinking that disconnected AFS is really the right answer, but to date, I have never run AFS... -- ] Never tell me the odds! | ipv6 mesh networks [ ] Michael Richardson, Sandelman Software Works | network architect [ ] m...@sandelman.ca http://www.sandelman.ca/ | ruby on rails [ _______________________________________________ Nmh-workers mailing list Nmh-workers@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers