[Users] maildir plugin does not compile with claws 4.0.0

[Paul]

On Tue, 15 Feb 2022 15:34:01 +0100
Christian Weiske <cweiske at cweiske.de> wrote: 

> Ricardo Mones kept it alive (last commit was in 2020) so that it can be
> compiled and used with the latest claws mail version.

I seem to have missed that. Can you provide a URL?

> 1. Every mail has its own file, so when a mail file gets corrupted, only
> that single mail file is corrupt. If you a big mbox file (or other mail
> format database file) gets corrupted, then the whole archive is broken
> (until recovery is made).
> 
> 2. Backing up mails in maildir is also easier, because only the new mail
> files need to be transferred. When a big mail folder file needs to be
> synced, most backup tools need to sync all of the data again.

But this is also true of Claws Mail's default MH format.

From your email, it seems that you have nothing to gain in using the Maildir
plugin over the native MH format.

with regards

Paul