From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS3215 2.6.0.0/16 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.7 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from mail-qt1-x82b.google.com (mail-qt1-x82b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::82b]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4B4731F8C8 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2021 13:59:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qt1-x82b.google.com with SMTP id d11so5573430qtw.3 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2021 06:59:25 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=google; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to; bh=agn8uiiVoKRYi/XEDumFbsmrrmUqfVerPMRWXgTWtXI=; b=YoSx8zFTIs+9n5XxAWgMIc/cQjCayLL82AWBodlHU79/VfY6qt+MTDQ6q8AWl5PZC5 okgKIpZ/joIDLlDqHsc2A1LdhzC4lLoAIsNDbSpxHgIM2NzXYylYKSSqxHXdtX/SAvbg 8qdieG57s3ntSsCf0KVewxRpZVMCRDqjppf8I= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to; bh=agn8uiiVoKRYi/XEDumFbsmrrmUqfVerPMRWXgTWtXI=; b=6/0WtsxAlUtkn74Z0tLOOfEZ8Bc6ORCi9Kkc7EwC24ODFFCLnolYgVEHclWcU1k74P M114hYamExwE8ld8Hjx6jkU8OH+oONhRzE9EPcZtjAeVAJ86YlyFXwTFLors/gvTPxw6 xNZBcKHrqvFAW+kGphdn8fc45R/Jc3dlKiirTaQAzgWyWg42IQwY6i5gCZTmUh5nB9X+ Ds6YoawKZmqMdE9YusCzuhFBt4KtLFJnhMK1iCOlep6/tNo2nSlRcru7zPa6GNuupEDr wr0Po9IgpWOML9RGLAzKWA7zSp54ZZbTAKDm+uEBBJV80HDnmx0LwoyhFRtuVA3UNbyB mRUw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532rZxNgiFnUkHPhzorejETH37Hcrloz+IKz8lMGCXsBN91aHcQg 3xX7+9EiGXQ1/eunNjKXSGif2w== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJy2DGBmHbmV4wn8TZqtWu11Bos7XPw8rIrivO+AaCKrJPKPlsMptGkW7KlK565629nOxiUHGg== X-Received: by 2002:ac8:4d48:: with SMTP id x8mr5101572qtv.414.1631800764218; Thu, 16 Sep 2021 06:59:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from meerkat.local (bras-base-mtrlpq5031w-grc-32-216-209-220-181.dsl.bell.ca. [216.209.220.181]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id t24sm2512840qkg.28.2021.09.16.06.59.22 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 16 Sep 2021 06:59:23 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 09:59:21 -0400 From: Konstantin Ryabitsev To: Eric Wong Cc: meta@public-inbox.org Subject: Re: mbox support in other software Message-ID: <20210916135921.huvkda6sqnzi7ohs@meerkat.local> References: <20210916073437.GA18469@dcvr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20210916073437.GA18469@dcvr> List-Id: On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 07:34:37AM +0000, Eric Wong wrote: > Since I've written the lei-mail-formats manpage, I've been > curious what other software differentiates between the various > mbox formats and supports several/all of them? > > AFAIK, none of the Perl Mail::* stuff does, nor does Email::Folder > (AFAIK abandoned). I haven't looked at libraries for Python nor > other languages... Python only does mboxo. I've switched to using git-mailsplit in b4 because of various quirks of interaction between mboxrd and mboxo. > git supports mboxo and mboxrd, nowadays; but it seems like most > other software only know how to deal with one of the mbox family > (and mixing software on the same mbox leads to bad things). I'm not 100% sure git does the right thing with mboxo, see my tirade here: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/b4/b4.git/commit/?id=4950093c0c3ee71e7045b545626d2b232271cbc8&dt=2 -K