David Bremner <david@tethera.net> writes: > Ethan <ethan.glasser.camp@gmail.com> writes: >> >> Yeah, I don't even know how an mbox message gets flagged read and I don't >> know how I would support it. >> > > I think read only access to mboxes is fine. Yes, somebody will be > unhappy, but the only convincing argument I have heard for mboxes or > similar formats is archival use. > That would also deal with the potential that edits shuffle the mbox structure, breaking all references except those that use the message-ID as a search string. Alternatively, the URI form will need to use message-ID to avoid breakage when an mbox change includes garbage collection or relocation of email messages within the mbox file. R Horn rjhorn@alum.mit.edu