[notmuch] Potential problem using Git for mail (was: Idea for storing tags)

2010-01-14 Thread Asheesh Laroia
On Tue, 12 Jan 2010, martin f krafft wrote: > If the MDA delivers to Git, then potentially, you might get into a > situation where you cannot write your own changes back to the repo. This > is also a DoS scenario: I'll just keep sending you e-mail, and if I > manage to pass your mail filters, I

[notmuch] Potential problem using Git for mail (was: Idea for storing tags)

2010-01-21 Thread Asheesh Laroia
On Fri, 15 Jan 2010, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Asheesh Laroia [2010.01.14.2112 +1300]: >> Sure. But the MDA doesn't need to do the commit immediately. Since >> (presumably) we're using Maildir, the MDA on the mail receiving >> server is going to gene

[notmuch] Git as notmuch object store (was: Potential problem using Git for mail)

2010-01-25 Thread Asheesh Laroia
On Mon, 25 Jan 2010, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Asheesh Laroia [2010.01.21.1928 > +1300]: >>> I suppose that I never actually considered merges on the IMAP server >>> side, but obviously the IMAP server has to work off a clone, and that >>> means

Re: [notmuch] Potential problem using Git for mail (was: Idea for storing tags)

2010-01-14 Thread Asheesh Laroia
On Tue, 12 Jan 2010, martin f krafft wrote: If the MDA delivers to Git, then potentially, you might get into a situation where you cannot write your own changes back to the repo. This is also a DoS scenario: I'll just keep sending you e-mail, and if I manage to pass your mail filters, I'll bas

Re: [notmuch] Potential problem using Git for mail (was: Idea for storing tags)

2010-01-20 Thread Asheesh Laroia
On Fri, 15 Jan 2010, martin f krafft wrote: also sprach Asheesh Laroia [2010.01.14.2112 +1300]: Sure. But the MDA doesn't need to do the commit immediately. Since (presumably) we're using Maildir, the MDA on the mail receiving server is going to generate filenames that won't

Re: [notmuch] Git as notmuch object store (was: Potential problem using Git for mail)

2010-01-24 Thread Asheesh Laroia
On Mon, 25 Jan 2010, martin f krafft wrote: also sprach Asheesh Laroia [2010.01.21.1928 +1300]: I suppose that I never actually considered merges on the IMAP server side, but obviously the IMAP server has to work off a clone, and that means it needs to merge. It's not "merge"