against databases

[Gus Mueller]

On Jan 16, 2010, at 6:00 PM, Mo McRoberts wrote:

> On 17-Jan-2010, at 01:51, Brock Batsell wrote:
> 
>> Except that maildir stores its flags in the filenames of individual messages.  That could be a theoretical nightmare with Time Machine—or it could be that in most use cases, flags change quickly enough and then are stable enough that it's not a problem at all.  Just something to keep in mind.
> 
> I have a feeling Mail.app’s folder-of-emlx-files is a good middle-ground here. The filenames don’t change, but it’s trivial to turn a folder of .emlx files into a Maildir folder (or even an mbox-format mailbox). It’s also a straightforward format which is well-understood and extensible, and Spotlight likes it, which means messages would be findable from the outset with no additional work.

That was my original thought as well, but then I tried to find some official documentation on .emlx files, and there was none.  I guess there's this:
http://www.jwz.org/hacks/emlx.pl

I think either Maildir or Mail.app's format would be good.

-gus

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