[mew-int 00666] Re: Questions not answered by FAQ

[Kazu Yamamoto ( 山本和彦 )]

From: Tak Ota <Takaaki.Ota at example.com>
Subject: [mew-int 00665] Re: Questions not answered by FAQ

> Could you elaborate on the reason why the annotation method is
> avoided?

(1) If you forward a message, anotation information will be disclosed.
    This is avoidable by resent Mew which can delete fields accoding
    to the configurable variable. However, if you also use an old
    version Mew or another mailer, this problem will appear.

(2) If you annotate a message, the timestamp of its directory change.
    So, the "update" feature becomes broken. Do we all UNIX users have
    to migrate to the ".mew-touch" file?

Anyway, we have to consider this when we support IMAP because the
protocol has this features. As you may know, Mew already implements
NNTP and the next target is IMAP. This feature should be discussed in
2002 1Q.

--Kazu