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.
