Re: [RFC PATCH 00/14] modular mail stores based on URIs

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+From: Robert Horn <rjhorn@alum.mit.edu>\r
+To: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>, Ethan <ethan.glasser.camp@gmail.com>,\r
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+Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 00/14] modular mail stores based on URIs\r
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+David Bremner <david@tethera.net> writes:\r
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+> Ethan <ethan.glasser.camp@gmail.com> writes:\r
+>>\r
+>> Yeah, I don't even know how an mbox message gets flagged read and I don't\r
+>> know how I would support it.\r
+>>\r
+>\r
+> I think read only access to mboxes is fine. Yes, somebody will be\r
+> unhappy, but the only convincing argument I have heard for mboxes or\r
+> similar formats is archival use.\r
+>\r
+\r
+That would also deal with the potential that edits shuffle the mbox\r
+structure, breaking all references except those that use the message-ID\r
+as a search string.  Alternatively, the URI form will need to use\r
+message-ID to avoid breakage when an mbox change includes garbage\r
+collection or relocation of email messages within the mbox file.\r
+\r
+R Horn\r
+rjhorn@alum.mit.edu\r