Pine has a patch that allows it to use Maildir mailboxes. Maybe you could
just write something like that for emacs.
MHP
----- Original Message -----
From: Len Budney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2000 11:58 AM
Subject: Off-Topic: Maildirs as folders
> I know there is a recurring thread, "Which readers use maildirs as
> folders?" The problem is, the answer is always the same: mutt. No
> other mailer uses maildirs as local folders, although a few can use
> maildirs as incoming mail spools. (If I'm wrong about this, please let
> me know!)
>
> Yes, mutt is just fine. However, we emacs users are discriminated
> against; switching to mutt is just not acceptable because it means
> losing all the rest of emacs's features from our mail reader. Also,
> fans of MH are out in the cold; there is no command-line interface for
> handling messages in maildir folders.
>
> I believe that the solution is a CLI maildir-enabled mailreader, similar
> in spirit to MH (but without any defects). The resulting tools should be
> easily imbeddable into things like Emacs mailreaders (GNUs, mh-e, and
> brand-new readers).
>
> If anyone is interested in exploring this idea, please send an empty email
> to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and follow the directions
> in the reply.
>
> If anyone knows of such a project already underway, please let me know at
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> For more information, see <http://www.pobox.com/~lbudney/linux/mdmh.html>.
>
> Len.
>
> --
> Don't believe anything RFC 1912 says until you've verified it elsewhere.
> -- Dan Bernstein
>
