Re: [tlug] mbox, MH, maildir?

[bofh@example.com]

On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 08:25:40PM -0800, Jonathan Byrne wrote:
> 
> >If the mbox get corrupt you can loose all
> 
> I try to keep my files tight rather than loose (sorry ;-) ).  But seriously,
> an mbox file is also relatively easy to repair, because it's just a flat
> text file.  Unless it is corrupted so badly that you can't open it in a
> text editor at all, you may be able to fix it as easily as opening it up
> in vi and removing the corrupted part.  You lose that much, but no more.

Good point there...

> It's also mutt's format, and as we all know "All mail clients suck. This
> one just sucks less" :-)
> 
> Jonathan
> -- 

I'm using Maildir with mutt and lovin' it...

Shawn