[Dovecot] Slightly OT : Maildir format (silly) questions

[Dmitry Samersoff]

Thomas Hummel wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I was asking what was the motivation for not having the envelope From in the
> Maildir format, as defined in the qmail spec :
> 
> "The message is delivered without an extra UUCP-
>  style From_ line, without any >From quoting, and without an
>  extra blank line at the end."
> 
> which may sound silly since we lose an important piece of information.

People who believe by hart "Maildirs do not require locking." and 
"Maildir is a faster and more efficient way to store mail." could do 
plenty of really strange things ;)


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