>Hm, i rewrote Maildir name things of the MUA i maintain, and >i found: > > /* If the seconds part does not work, go deeper. > * We use de-facto standard "maildir - E-mail directory" from the Courier > * mail server, also used by, e.g., Dovecot: sec.MusecPpid.hostname:2,flags. > * However, a different name convention exists which uses > * sec.pid_counter.hostname:2,flags. > * First go for usec/counter, then pid */
I mean ... I read this paragraph, and I can't help but think it proves my point? I acknowledge that the reality on the ground is that a number of MUAs do use Maildir as a mailbox storage backend, for reasons I cannot grasp. It does occur to me that maybe a "thin layer" that would be easy to write for nmh would be to maintain links from a MH-style mailspool to the appropriate Maildir file. --Ken
