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[Classpathx-javamail] Javamail - MBOX problem


From: Countach
Subject: [Classpathx-javamail] Javamail - MBOX problem
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 14:44:57 +1100
User-agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206)

Hi,

I notice that the folder name for MBOXes is the full absolute path name. This seems to me to be a really bad idea. Firstly, it means that folder names do not remain constant when the folder hierarchy moves. Secondly, it doesn't make much sense to the user - he doesn't care about the full path, he only wants to know the relative path from the top. Thirdly, folder names change when mounted by different operating systems.

I have implemented a MS PST mail format javamail plugin, that uses libpst and is built on top of gnu mbox plugin. It uses readpst.exe to extract the files to a tmp directory of mbox files. The trouble is, the folder name keeps changing every time it is opened because it is a tmp directory.

It seems to me MBOX should be changed to use relative path names and use a consistent "/" path separator. If I make this change will the patch be accepted?





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