Re: RFC mailbox interface

[Carlos Morgado <chbm chbm nu>]

Em Sex, 23 Nov 2001 00:42:50 M . Thielker escreveu:

> 
>>> delete it from it's source mailbox. At that point the lib will see that 
>>> the message's last on-disk copy is about to be deleted , but the message 
>>> is
>> 
>> last on-disk ? can the same message be in several mailboxes and still be 
>> the
>> *same* message ?
>> 
> YES! Sorry for yelling, but you finally caught on. A decent MUA should 
> _not_ allow editing of received messages. Therefore, a received message can

agreed, editing a message body is Bad. removing stupid attachments is not. 

> 
>> This doesn't look very sound from the UI point of view. How does the user
>> know where the message *is* ? Will it go away if he exits balsa ? Will it
>> go away when he purges the cache ?
>> 
> The user sees the message in a folder. It actually _is_ in that folder, but 
> it may be in several others as well. It's also shown there. Does it matter 
> which of the identical copies is actually accessed when reading it?
> Messages held in memory (stored in a VFolder only) will go away when the 
> user exits Balsa or closes the VFolder.
> 

ok. exactly, what do I tell my backup cron job to put on tape ?

>> and at this point you walk the folder right ?
> 
> Yes. I delete it from all folders seen as virtual. See the more expanded 
> example in my other mail.

sloooooooooooooooooooooooow.

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