Re: [Exim] Washington mbx again

On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, j.linn wrote:

> One of the problems with Washington IMAP's MBX is that it forces you into
> a specific model of INBOX usage. It copies your INBOX into a local INBOX
> in your home directory. It has this inbuilt folder model for other formats
> of mailbox as well e.g. mbox.

That really is a configuration issue with UW imapd and ipopd, not an
issue with the MBX format. The idea was to provide backward compatibility
for MTAs that could only deliver to mbox files, or for sites that wanted
to move gradually from mbox to mbx as the UW daemons would do all the work
for you. You can (and should) deliver mail right into the MBX folders if
you want a pure MBX solution.

Tom