On 2007/07/25 09:59, Todd T. Fries wrote: > Taken in context, I think this is more than safe to put in because the user > has to be pretty far into utilizing/enabling the compressed folder behavior > of mutt before mail being lost is even a remote possibility.
I'm not so sure; Muttrc is complex and I think there may be a tendency to go through it, think "oh that sounds cool" and uncomment things without checking further. > Further, /etc/mutt/Muttrc contains: > > # Use folders which match on \\.gz$ as gzipped folders: > # open-hook \\.gz$ "gzip -cd %f > %t" > # close-hook \\.gz$ "gzip -c %t > %f" > # append-hook \\.gz$ "gzip -c %t >> %f" > > which clearly means it is not enabled by default; examples are given, but not > enabled. Ok, I agree with that (that it's not enabled by default) then. I would be a bit happier if the warning were repeated in the sample Muttrc, though there's another (maybe more likely) possibility than direct-to- folder delivery: if someone has a second MUA open and moves messages around there while the folder is open, I think this also would lose mail. So I still think it needs a more positive user action to get it enabled..
