Re: [Evolution] Evo 2.0 + MailDir format

[Ron Johnson <ron l johnson cox net>]

On Tue, 2005-03-01 at 11:41 +0800, Not Zed wrote:
> > > > Now, There is a workaround as I found on a post from guenther dated
> > > > Jan-05-2005. The workaround is rather crude but works, it entails
> > > > creating a separate Account, and making the "receiving server" to be
> > > > maildir format directories. 
> >
> > > Why is that crude?  This is a better method since it exposes the data
> > > to external applications as well.  The other way was a bit silly as it
> > > was entirely internal. 
> >
> > Well compared to the previous style, this is considered crude. What is
> > the other method? Are you referencing the 1.4.x method? I kinda like
> > that. Users get to specify a per-folder basis.
>
> That is just stupid over-engineering. 

Maybe to you, but to us regular users, the 1.x way was *perfect*,
simple, straight-forward and darned useful.

Why?  It did not mix up "retrieval" and "storage".  No need for
filters to forward messages from here to there.

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