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+From: Stewart Smith <stewart@flamingspork.com>\r
+To: Ethan Glasser-Camp <glasse@cs.rpi.edu>, notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 00/13] Modular message store code\r
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+On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:01:53 -0500, Ethan Glasser-Camp <glasse@cs.rpi.edu> wrote:\r
+> I'm submitting as RFC this patch series, which introduces the idea of\r
+> a "mailstore", a "class" that defines how to access mail, instead of\r
+> currently assuming it's always some Maildir-ish hierarchy that\r
+> contains a bunch of mail.\r
+\r
+This is really awesome.\r
+\r
+Quite a while ago now I did some experiments on storing my entire\r
+Maildir inside git packs instead of in maildir. This produced an\r
+*amazing* saving in disk space used. My idea is to end up with Maildir\r
+for "current" (as everything delivers into Maildir without a problem)\r
+and then on a (say) monthly basis, packing all mail into an archive file\r
+and have notmuch be able to still read it.\r
+\r
+you know what... this patch set has re-ignited my interest in making\r
+that work.\r
+\r
+-- \r
+Stewart Smith\r