Re: tlug: archiving mail

[simon@example.com (Simon Cozens)]

shimpei@example.com (lists.tlug):
>finding a mail client that works with one. Maildir [1] is pretty much
>worry-free in this respect. It also makes the original problem that
>started this thread trivial: grep the Date: line in each message file
>and mv old ones to a new folder. You don't even have to conjure up new
>filenames for them.

I was contemplating writing a local delivery module for Perl a few
weeks ago; Mail::Audit now does local delivery itself, but I was
thinking of separating it out the delivery bit. Maildir was considerably
easier to handle. (Mainly because someone else provided the patch for
me... :)

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