Re: "From " -> ">From " in imap mail-source avoidable?

[prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc)]

Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) wrote:
> I guess that a new function along the lines of
> nnmail-process-*-mail-format could easily be written.  In fact, now I
> see that there is nnmail-process-maildir-mail-format which kind of
> suggests that it needn't be a single file.

The *source* needn't be a single file, but then all messages are
dumped into a single file, and FAIK, there may be a good reason for
this.

>> Can we find the size of a whole message before adding it to the
>> file?
>
> Ah, I think the mbox format currently uses a Content-length or Lines
> header, if present.  So it could just be added to the file by imap.
> Cool.

I'd like to avoid destructive modification of the message, if
possible.  But then, I don't personally use this code anyway.


paul