[Evolution] No way yet to make maildir default format ?

[John J. Foster]

On Sun, 2004-03-07 at 10:14, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> > Can this be done yet?
> 
> no. in fact, 1.5 doesn't allow you to change the default folders away
> from mbox format anymore because the on-disk tree structure of the
> folders changed which makes it harder to do.

Please correct me if I'm wrong. But isn't maildir a more efficient
format for alot of users? Why take that choice away?

This makes searching for individual emails with tools like grep
impossible. 
> 
> > If so, how?
> > If not, why?
> 
> Probably a combination of the following:
> 
> - never got around to it
huh
> - not enough users cared
There seemed to a bunch of interest in the archives.
> - no one submitted a patch
Isn't that what you do?
> 
> Jeff
It seems that the more you folks try to emulate Outlook, the more your
attitude becomes like theirs also. What's next, proprietary mailbox
format?
I thought I had found a mailer I could stick with for awhile. Let the
search begin again.
John (Representing the Mambo)


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