[ILUG] A (?) naive solution to accessing work email from home

[kevin lyda]

On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 06:35:51AM +0000, Paul Jakma wrote:
> and more. it also supports a file format that sounds very like 
> maildir called 'mh' (i presume because that format is from the odd 
> mailer i've never known anyone to use by the same name). not quite 
> maildir though.

you know me.  i used to use mh till a few years ago.  maildir and mh
mail folders are similar in that they store one message per folder,
but that's it.  an mh folder just stores messages in a number.  if the
highest numbered message is 435, then the message will be stored as 436.

there are locking issues i suspect.

mh is great because you can easily script it; you can use a text or gui
front end (there are even two gui's - xmh (c+athena wigets) and exmh
(tcl/tk)).  in the end though it was too much a hassle to configure
for me.  anytime i made a change i'd have to hit the docs - whether the
change was big or little.

kevin

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