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RE: Maildir and Cygwin
- From: Eduardo Chappa <chappa at math dot washington dot edu>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 08:25:20 -0700 (PDT)
- Subject: RE: Maildir and Cygwin
- References: <200404230432.i3N4WPDQ031138@euler.math.washington.edu>
*** GARY VANSICKLE (foog.r.vansickle@worldnet.att.net.net) wrote in the...:
:) > On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 08:26:00AM -0700, Eduardo Chappa wrote:
:) >
:) > > :) > that Cygwin is different (e.g. we could do this in the cygwin
:) > > :) > applications mailing list).
:) > > :)
:) > > :) Why do you want to change so many programs when all you need is
:) > > :) a cygwin managed mount?
:) >
:) > IMO, the correct solution for mutt to make everyone happy would be a
:) > new configuration variable to specify the character (presumably
:) > defaulting to non-: for cygwin). I think I've seen both ; and -
:) > suggested in different places.
:)
:) No, all that would do is guarantee that a mutt using ";" couldn't read
:) a Maildir written by a fetchmail using "-" (i.e. the disagreement would
:) simply move from being hardcoded to being defined at compile time).
:) The correct solution is to implement a corrected spec.
A correct spec will not solve the problem, because we already have the
problem. I believe that the solution is to take action and not to wait for
someone else to act upon this. What are the chances that we all agree on
using "-" for cygwin? (I think "-" is a bad choice because a dash could be
part of a domain name, but it's not a problem if that's what is decided
upon). Who is the maintainer of fetchmail, so that we can get him/her into
this thread?
Eduardo
http://www.math.washington.edu/~chappa/pine/
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