[jakob at crt.se: Re: [PATCH] Maildir support]

Kevin Sindhu kevin at tgivan.com
Tue Aug 14 06:57:19 EST 2001


Jakob Schlyter wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 13 Aug 2001 pete at more.net wrote:
> 
> > As he said in the original patch, whether you want to support the MAIL
> > var is another question, but if you're going to, it should be done
> > correctly for both mbox and mailder.
> 
> if we add support for maildir, why not support other mailbox formats as
> well? when should we stop? if someone thinks the answer is to start adding
> support for mbx, mh and others - think again - this is a remote login
> program, not a mail client.

I somewhat agree with your argument, but still we already have
CheckMail in sshd code. Following your argument, one may be tempted to
take that support out as well...I mean, why have CheckMail in the
first place? 

Personally, I don't see any "major" harm. *Shrug*

My 2 cents

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