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RE: Maildir Support broken with Mutt 1.4.1?
> Maildirs have never actually worked properly because they use
> filenames which are not POSIX compatible, and were apparently
> specifically designed to cause grief for Windows and Mac systems.
> Compounding this problem, I erroneously suggested people use Maildirs
> in older versions, before I knew the tragedy of Maildirs. Probably
> what's happened is that mutt's error checking has been improved, so
> you're now getting an error message when it would just silently fail
> before.
>
> So, to sum up:
>
> 1. Don't use Maildir, use mbox.
>
> Gary R. Van Sickle
>
And that is exactly what I did.
Since I do not really need Maildir, this was the easiest solution for me.
Thank´s for you explanation of the topic!
Christian
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