-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/05/08 22:27, s. keeling wrote: > Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> On 05/02/2008, BartlebyScrivener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> On Feb 4, 5:20 pm, "Steve Lamb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> > >>> > It all depends on the work habits of the individual user. >>> >>> Well, you can say that about anything, right? The OP asked what he was >>> missing, so he's soliciting the opinions of people with different work >>> habits. >> Exactly. I asked because I'm certain that there are those with more >> experience and more efficient workflows than myself. So I ask. > > I come from the dark ages. For me, it's important that the tools I > use write files that anything can deal with, not just the app which > created them. Mutt handles any standard form of mail box format, > including on_some_other_server(don't much care how), aka. imap. > > The guis, in my experience, save in their own format (If you let them?
That's just not true. Well, ok, it's *partially* true: Outlook stores mail in a proprietary indexed format. But Netscape and it's descendants all use mbox as the native format, as does Evolution & KMail. Sylpheed uses mh, which is also a standardized text format. The only non-standard bit about these mailers is the directory where they decide to store these mbox files. [snippage] - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA PETA - People Eating Tasty Animals -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHqUGPS9HxQb37XmcRAvKEAKDZMjlIiUr02cJSGAtIptYv7shUxgCg0Ok5 yOyCEeHCgIYqqDEZjC/Aww8= =1IMQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
