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

[Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann)]

prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) writes:

> 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.

Well, but movemail.c writes Babyl format when reading from a POP
server.  So _at least_ it would work to change mail-sources to write
Babyl format.

But I don't understand why it would be a problem to write maildir
format, instead, if nnmail-process-maildir-mail-format groks that.

>>> 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.

Well, if you have the choice between replacing "From" lines with
">From" lines in the message body (now) or adding a Lines or
Content-length header (my suggestion) -- what's worse?

kai
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