mbox? (was: Re: Part 2 of any progress on kmail in debian buster?)

[rhkramer at gmail.com]

On Monday, September 30, 2019 04:50:46 PM rhkramer at gmail.com wrote:
> On Monday, September 30, 2019 09:25:25 AM test wrote:
> > On Friday, September 27, 2019 2:25:58 PM CEST rhkramer at gmail.com wrote:
> > > Is mbox gone as an option for storing emails in current versions of
> > > kmail?
> > 
> > Mbox has been deprecated decades ago for its disadvantages.  Nobody
> > should use that anymore, let alone develop an application that depends
> > on it.
> 
> Well, I started developing my application decades ago, and, for my
> application, mbox has advantages over maildir.

Oh, and in all that time (since about 2002, maybe 2001, I never saw a notice 
that mbox was deprecated -- I never looked for one, but I subscribe to a lot 
of mail lists.

I guess I (and my application) will live on without kmail.