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From: david@ms.uky.edu (David Herron -- One of the vertebrae)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,alt.religion.computers
Subject: Re: binmail vs MMDF mail file format
Message-ID: <12057@s.ms.uky.edu>
Date: 5 Jul 89 03:20:39 GMT
References: <113461@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> <1518@cbnewsc.ATT.COM> <NELSON.89Jul4220946@sun.soe.clarkson.edu>
Organization: U of Ky, Math. Sciences, Lexington KY
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In article <NELSON.89Jul4220946@sun.soe.clarkson.edu>, nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) writes:
> In article <WISNER.89Jul4170048@anableps.berkeley.edu> wisner@mica.Berkeley.EDU (Bill Wisner) writes:
>    \001\001\001\001 is unambiguous. It is a string that is not likely to
>    appear in a mail message. On the other hand, I see "^From " in messages
>    quite frequently. Well, actually, it's "^>From " that I see frequently.
> 
> You only think you have a problem with binmail format.
> 
> I may have a problem with MMDF format if it assumes that you never send
> 
Hmm...  that line didn't have any ^A's in it by the time it reached meee..
And I read this via news.

> Of course, you people reading this via news undoubtedly had no problem with
> the ^A lines.  Anyone who had this message mailed to them via MMDF may
> not see this.


Considering that a line of 4 ^A's in the middle of a message is very
much more unlikely than a line beginning with From<space>, I have
little problem with MMDF's mailbox format.

A problem with both the ucbmail and mush ports into the MMDF
environment is that neither makes a distinction between saving
a message to a mailbox and sending it out a pipe.  In both cases
the ^A's are sent out...  It's on my list of things to do ;-)

I see two solutions...

One is a directory hierarchy line MH.  It seems fast enough, but the
programs don't always handle >100 mailfolders very well.  See, I
keep a lot of mail around.

Another is a database of some sort.

"Most newsreaders are better than most mail readers."  Is that
how the line goes?
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