[MlMt] enhancement, I think

[Steven M. Bellovin]

On 21 Jul 2016, at 6:21, Benny Kjær Nielsen wrote:

> On 21 Jul 2016, at 12:05, Alain Israel wrote:
>
>> I agree, this is probably one of the only weak points of MM. However 
>> based on my experience with other applications, this is definitively 
>> not a trivial issue, and it is certainly dependent on the IMAP 
>> server.
>
> To be clear, a solution would involve some kind of private 
> “message” within an IMAP folder on an IMAP server (as also seen 
> with other email clients). This could of course be hidden by MailMate, 
> but it would be visible in other email clients -- annoying but 
> necessary. There is no standardized way to do these things via IMAP. 
> This also means that IMAP server bugs are not likely to be a major 
> issue.

Any chance of an interim solution involving generating a tar file that 
can then be imported elsewhere?

         --Steve Bellovin, https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb