Re: Alternative (raw) message store (i.e. instead of maildir)

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+Subject: Re: Alternative (raw) message store (i.e. instead of maildir)\r
+To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org, Ciprian Dorin Craciun <ciprian.craciun@gmail.com>\r
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+How about implementing MIX[1] \r
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+(and yes, i am totally ignorant about the format, i just know of it, and=\r
+ have heard some praise).\r
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+[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIX_(Email)\r
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+mek@pels.in\r
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+(sorry about top posting, the mailclient on nokia n9 truly sucks.)On 2012-=\r
+08-11 09:35 Ciprian Dorin Craciun wrote:\r
+    Hello all!\r
+\r
+    My question -- rather a curiosity -- is if one could easily\r
+implement an alternative message store instead of maildir. (I actually\r
+have in mind a KV store like BerkeleyDB, or even a database like\r
+CouchDB...) (I'm not also implying the same for the index, which I'm\r
+aware is based on Xapian, which requires BerkeleyDB, which in turn\r
+needs a local file system.)\r
+\r
+    After quickly looking over the code (2 minutes actually) I saw\r
+that currently this is not easily possible without touching a lot of\r
+files... Or am I wrong?\r
+\r
+    Better said: is such an abstract email store interface on the\r
+to-do list, or even acceptable to have if someone provides it?\r
+\r
+    Thanks,\r
+    Ciprian.\r
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