against databases

[Tim Gray]

On Tue 19, Jan'10 at 10:32 PM -0200, Caio Chassot wrote:
> There will be an API for reading and writing messages to Letters.
>
> It's only a matter of writing the mbox/maildir side of the script then.
>
> These formats are dead simple. I think there's enough demand for this 
> import/export that once the API is minimally stable, it'll show up soon 
> enough.

True in theory.  In practice, every client I've ever used has messed this 
up.  And when you are exporting/translating 10,000 emails in many boxes, and 
you end up with 9,999... you tend to decide to just not worry about the lost 
email.  That lost email HAS come to bite me in the ass.