Re: [PATCH] Don't bother checking for mbox files

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+Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2016 10:57:43 +0000\r
+From: Edward Betts <edward@4angle.com>\r
+To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: Re: [PATCH] Don't bother checking for mbox files\r
+Message-ID: <20160313105742.GA9173@4angle.com>\r
+References: <86io0v9oum.fsf@hiro.keithp.com>\r
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+Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com> wrote:\r
+> Postfix adds mbox-style From lines when used in combination with\r
+> maildrop or .forward files. If they have another line starting with\r
+> 'From ' in them, notmuch complains about them not being mail files.\r
+> \r
+> If we assume the user hasn't screwed up and misconfigured their mail\r
+> system, then we can safely ignore whether the file started with an\r
+> mbox header and just parse it as a single-message file.\r
+\r
+I think it is fine to go ahead with this change. At the same time the\r
+behaviour of Postfix should be corrected so it doesn't add mbox-style From\r
+lines to mails in maildir format.\r
+\r
+The same problem existed in the Debian exim4 config. I filed a bug, it was\r
+fixed: https://bugs.debian.org/769396\r
+\r
+Here is a bug in maildrop suggesting that it should strip the mbox-style From\r
+line from the top of mails: https://bugs.debian.org/737383\r
+\r
+-- \r
+Edward.\r