#23090: imap-uw variant to default new mailboxes to "mix" format ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Reporter: mports@… | Owner: snc@… Type: enhancement | Status: assigned Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 1.8.1 Keywords: haspatch | Port: imap-uw ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ Comment(by mports@…): Replying to [comment:3 snc@…]:
After perusing their site do you still believe that mix format will be beneficial for you?
Hi. Yes. The mix format is newer (2006) than mbx and has a number of advantages. Wikipedia has an brief overview: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIX_(Email)] I use UW IMAP exclusively for personal mail storage, so the higher performance and better robustness, while nice, are not all that important. I use mix primarily because it allows dual-use mailboxes, i.e., they can contain both messages and sub-folders, and it breaks up mailboxes into smaller sized files that help with backup performance. The downside, I suppose, is that the format is not directly readable by non-UW software (maybe this has changed) but I don't mind that.
Thanks and I'll have your variant in this weekend!
Thanks! No rush. Any thoughts on how to manage the fact that the mbx and mix variants should be mutually exclusive? I suppose that since they are both described as setting the default mailbox format, it's implied that they should not be used together. Should the descriptions be more explicit? Thanks again. -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/23090#comment:4> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS