Re: Maildir backend

["Jérôme Marant" <jerome.marant@fr.thalesgroup.com>]

On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 01:00:44PM -0500, Paul Jarc wrote:

> >   And it seems that all files from the cur directory
> >   are duplicated there.
> 
> No.  Different files with similar names are created there.

  But they have to be created anyway.

> 
> >   Why aren't directories new, cur and tmp plus a marks file (a kind
> >   of index file used to store the status of messages) enough to
> >   handle maildir ?
> 
> new/, cur/, and tmp/ alone would be enough to provide the necessary
> Gnus functionality.  nnmaildir maintains two additional sets of
> information: NOV data and marks.  Storing NOV data speeds things up.
> Storing marks adds flexibility when working with mailboxes from
> outside Gnus.  Storing marks in a single file per group, as is done
> with nnml and nnfolder (which I assume is what you were referring to
> above), would also add flexibility, but not as much.  If we give up
> the extra flexibility, what do we get in return?

  I'd rather say : if you don't loose anything with adding this
  extra flexibility, then there is no reason for not making it
  possible, unless you're not willing to spend some time on it.

  If it is possible to have new, cur, tmp and a single mark file
  per mailbox (i.e. without the .nnmaildir directory), then I'll
  be happy.

  Thanks in advance.

  Cheers,

-- 
Jérôme Marant