pine and maildir?

Luke Davis ldavis at shellworld.net
Wed Oct 27 00:48:49 EDT 2004


Which software is this?  I've been looking for one I  can install on our 
servers, which can interface with postfix.

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004, Joseph C. Lininger wrote:

> I have a spam fighting system that holds messages from unknown people. It 
> then asks them to verify their email address before delivering the messages 
> to me. That
> is a string that my spam filtering software checks for so that replies to
> anything I send automatically get through. If that weren't there  and you
> sent me a personal reply, you would be asked to verify your email address
> unless you were already on my whitelist. The system is pretty nifty
> actually. Since I implemented it in march of 2004, I have received like
> three spam messages. The rest just wait in the queue to be verified until
> the software deletes them after 7 days.
> ---
> Joseph C. Lininger
> jbahm at pcdesk.net
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>> what is this thingy at the end of your emails?
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>> <jbahm at pcdesk.net>
>> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
>> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 10:00 AM
>> Subject: Re: pine and maildir?
>> 
>> 
>>> Pine does not directly support maildir, though it does not have any
>>> trouble reading mailboxes remotely via imap that are in maildir format.
>>> If you have local mailboxes that are in maildir format, you'll either
>>> need to use a wrapper that calls maildir2mbox, or my prefered choice,
>>> install a local imap server such as courier-imap that can read 
>>> maildirs.
>>> What ever you do, don't throw in the towel and store mail in mbox 
>>> format.
>>> There are just too many ways an mbox can get corrupted. Most people 
>>> don't
>>> realize the troubles associated with that until the first time it 
>>> happens
>>> to them. [grin]
>>> --
>>> Joseph C. Lininger
>>> jbahm at pcdesk.net
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>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Lewellen" 
>>> <klewellen at shellworld.net>
>>> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
>>> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 9:18 AM
>>> Subject: pine and maildir?
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> Can anyone tell me if pine supports maildir?  I am being told no, but
>>>> doubt the source.
>>>> Karen
>>>> 
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