On 2012-02-15, Uday Reddy <[email protected]> wrote: > VM wasn't designed to operate on spool files directly, which is what Julian > seems to be trying.
I'm specifically NOT trying to "operate on" spool files. I just want to *read* them. (The MTA makes a backup copy of incoming mail, which I sometimes need to look at if my overenthusiastic pre-processing has lost something, or if I accidentally delete a message.) >> In fact, I think I would prefer that for read-write folders that have >> old attributes. That is, update the attributes in memory and don't > Yes, this behaviour has changed from 8.1.1 to 8.2.0. The old code was not > marking the buffer as modified. I will reset it back to the old way. Good. > Personally, I can't see what is wrong with keeping old formats "for all > eternity", but I haven't thought it through fully. I just think it is safer > to upgrade old formats to new ones in general. When suitable, yes. But one shouldn't tinker with archive copies, other than on the explicit instructions of the user.
