From: Robert Horn <rjhorn@alum.mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:41:40 +0000 (+2000)
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 00/14] modular mail stores based on URIs
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Re: [RFC PATCH 00/14] modular mail stores based on URIs
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+From: Robert Horn <rjhorn@alum.mit.edu>
+To: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>, Ethan <ethan.glasser.camp@gmail.com>,
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+Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 00/14] modular mail stores based on URIs
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+David Bremner <david@tethera.net> writes:
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+> Ethan <ethan.glasser.camp@gmail.com> writes:
+>>
+>> Yeah, I don't even know how an mbox message gets flagged read and I don't
+>> know how I would support it.
+>>
+>
+> I think read only access to mboxes is fine. Yes, somebody will be
+> unhappy, but the only convincing argument I have heard for mboxes or
+> similar formats is archival use.
+>
+
+That would also deal with the potential that edits shuffle the mbox
+structure, breaking all references except those that use the message-ID
+as a search string.  Alternatively, the URI form will need to use
+message-ID to avoid breakage when an mbox change includes garbage
+collection or relocation of email messages within the mbox file.
+
+R Horn
+rjhorn@alum.mit.edu