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From: Christian Weinberger <christian DOT weinberger AT directbox DOT com>
Subject: RE: Maildir Support broken with Mutt 1.4.1?
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 00:24:29 +0000 (UTC)
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> Maildirs have never actually worked properly because they use
> filenames which are not POSIX compatible, and were apparently
> specifically designed to cause grief for Windows and Mac systems. 
> Compounding this problem, I erroneously suggested people use Maildirs
> in older versions, before I knew the tragedy of Maildirs.  Probably
> what's happened is that mutt's error checking has been improved, so
> you're now getting an error message when it would just silently fail
> before. 
> 
> So, to sum up:
> 
> 1.  Don't use Maildir, use mbox.
>
> Gary R. Van Sickle
> 

And that is exactly what I did.
Since I do not really need Maildir, this was the easiest solution for me.

Thank´s for you explanation of the topic!

Christian


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