Change default MTA was Re: Fedora Core 2 wishlists

[Ronny Buchmann]

On Wednesday 10 December 2003 16:30, Chris Ricker wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Dec 2003, Ronny Buchmann wrote:
> > > Maildir by default is a no-go, IMO
> >
> > May I ask why?
> >
> > The only problem I see is clients defaulting to the old style. But that's
> > only a question of proper configuration. Ok, mozilla doesn't support
> > Maildir currently, but then it's time to arrive in the 21st century.
>
> This is still Unix, and MUAs,MLMS,etc. often still expect mbox. Lots of
> existing programs don't support Maildir....
Actually it's Linux (or GNU/Linux if you want) but not Unix.

Most maintained MUAs support Maildir:
 - Evolution
 - Kmail
 - Balsa
 - Mutt
 - Mew
 - Gnus
 - Pine (with patch)
 - Sylpheed (through maildir2sylpheed)

"Expecting" mbox is a matter of default configuration.

What MLM needs a mbox for incoming mail?

-- 
ronny