Author: Tom Samplonius Date: To: Peter Galbavy CC: Juha Saarinen, Nigel Metheringham, Dave C., Michael J. Tubby B.Sc. G8TIC, exim-users Subject: Re: [Exim] Mail storage formats/ POP/IMAP/webmail daemon/etc..
On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Peter Galbavy wrote:
> > Beware that Exim uses internal MBX support, rather than the WU library.
> > This can pose compatibility problems. Marc Crispin (the author) certainly
> > doesn't recommend anyone do this.
>
> That is just the UW-IMAP author's "not invented here" prejudice. This is ...
Uhh.. no. c-client is the standard API, and the reference standard for
the MBX access routines and format. Why re-write/re-invent the wheel? The
whole point of APIs is to hide the bare metal details from the application
and make the application immune from any future changes. Exim's MBX driver
already has issues, that it wouldn't have if it linked c-client instead.
