On Saturday 07 Jun 2003 2:15 am, Michael Noble wrote: > 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
Thanks for your thoughts, Mike. You have raised an interesting point, though. I have been using subfolders under Archives, and it has no problem storing them, but they do not seem to be accessible outside KMail, so it defeats the object. Time to think again. Anne
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