Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Wed, 2010-12-22 at 08:30 -0500, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: >> An application's data should be a sealed container and accessed only >> via an API / service > > Fine in theory as long as the API/service is foolproof. Getting at an > mbox file with a text editor has saved my skin more than once (though I > agree that it's a terrible format for mail).
I agree almost completely with Patrick. I say almost because I had to retrieve some email from Eudora many, many years after using it. With messages in a standard, text format, it's very easy to recover mail when you no longer have the application that created the mail store. -- Sean _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
