Levi Ramsey wrote: > On Fri Aug 01 9:54 -0400, David Walser wrote: >> Think of it like this. If Kmail is download stuff with POP and putting it in >> ~/Mail, then it's mail from another server, not the local machine (which is a >> different server), so mails from two different servers are getting mixed in one set >> of folders (maybe desirable, but maybe not). If however Kmail is really only >> getting mail from the local server, it should probably just be doing that using the >> IMAP protocol, then it won't mess around directly in ~/Mail, and there will be no >> locking issues (it's a good general principle, don't muck with files directly when >> there's a protocol). > > I propose a policy that's simple: > * The only things that can be put into ~/Mail are mbox-format > mailboxes (or symlinks thereto). Any other behavior should > be patched, either by Mdk or upstream. Packages not conforming > should be removed from the distribution. > * Ditto wrt ~/Maildir and Maildir-format mailboxes > * Users may have the option to configure their software to not > follow this policy; however, all packages must by default obey > this policy. > > There is no good reason why anything but an mbox (or a symlink to an > mbox) should be in ~/Mail, and the same is true wrt ~/Maildir and the > corresponding format. AFAIC, anything else is broken and asking for > trouble. The directories in this proposed policy have been selected to > minimize disconnect with traditional policy.
I agree with that. Furthermore there should be some standard locking procedure that all apps that mess around in ~/Mail or ~/Maildir use. >> They can easily make symlinks. > > Why shouldn't KMail be the one to change its behavior, especially when > it's the one that's breaking a long-standing tradition in the Unix world > for, AFAICT, no good reason. That comment you replied to had nothing to do with Kmail. I agree with you that Kmail: should not put Maildir format boxes in ~/Mail I agree with MDK employees that Kmail: should not use ~/Mail at all, but some subdir of $KDEHOME/share/apps/kmail You quoted me out of context. I was arguing with the objection to giving uw-imap it's own namespace like .uwimap or something, like the MDKsofters were proposing.
