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<p dir="auto">On 25 Aug 2015, at 23:59, Bill Cole wrote:</p>
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<p dir="auto">Isn't mbox great: one always has to specify a particular tool's flavor...</p>
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<p dir="auto">Yes, this is why I've been reluctant with respect to implementing mbox export. Thanks for the <code>formail</code> trick. Now I can just blame an external utility.</p>
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<p dir="auto">(Tangent: Senior mail admins are insanely over-represented on this mailing list.)</p>
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<p dir="auto">Maybe they are the only ones still using mailing lists. I'm still considering alternatives which include a web interface. In particular, <a href="http://groupserver.org">GroupServer</a> and <a href="https://groups.io/static/features">Groups.io</a>.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Another approach I've played with but not really exercised hard is a zombie "IMAP Account" permanently offline as a local archive. The connection settings don't work and never have, but I can create folders and subfolders and MM creates the directories just as it would for a normal account. Benny has vaguely warned that this might not be a reliable approach, but I think that's only because it has no backend and ultimately would be lost if MM decided its local cache of messages was not to be trusted.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Yes, also the fact that moving a message from an online account to an offline account doesn't work as the user might expect. MailMate is very strict about not deleting anything from a source account until <strong>after</strong> the destination is synchronized (the message is uploaded). This never happens for an offline IMAP account.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Tags may not work also...</p>
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<p dir="auto">They work, but are also lost if the MailMate database is corrupted. This might be improved when I finally get around to mapping tags to OS X file metadata.</p>
<p dir="auto">-- <br>
Benny</p>
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