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Article #9163Re: vm 5.32 lossage with ^A^A^A^A format folders
From: kyle
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 1992 23:06
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 1992 23:06
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Jamie Zawinski writes: > I hacked VM 5.18 to read BABYL files at one point, but never got around to > porting it when it stopped working. If you (or anyone else) would like to > start from there, I can give it to you. The file ~emacs/etc/BABYL contains > a rough BNF of the format. I have your original code, and it's likely I'd use it as a guide. > (And in my humble (but correct) opinion, BABYL is a much more sane format > than the "From " format...) From the perspective of trying to use any other mail tools on your mail folders, I'd say BABYL isn't sane at all. I think MH is the sanest of all... one message per file, like Ghod intended. 1/2 :-) I'm more likely to add MH folder support before BABYL folder support.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f6829,cfa18af4514eb905 X-Google-Attributes: gidf6829,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-03-09 15:11:46 PST Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.vm.bug Sender: bug-vm-request@uunet.uu.net Date: Mon, 9 Mar 92 18:06:15 -0500 From: kyle@wendy-fate.uu.net Message-ID: <9203092306.AA01860@wendy-fate.UU.NET> Subject: Re: vm 5.32 lossage with ^A^A^A^A format folders References: <9203092235.AA04257@churchy.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <9203092237.AA28624@wendy-fate.UU.NET> <9203092247.AA07651@thalidomide.lucid> <9203092251.AA29857@wendy-fate.UU.NET> <9203092301.AA07757@thalidomide.lucid> Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!wendy-fate.uu.net!bug-vm