[sylpheed:34670] Hidden files in MH directories
Walter Hurry
walterhurry at lavabit.com
Fri Jul 22 05:26:18 JST 2011
I am using a Mailbox (MH) folder in Sylpheed, whose physical path is
$HOME/Mail.
$HOME/Mail is populated by fetchmail -> postfix -> procmail. Then I am
using Sylpheed as my MUA. This is working well, but I notice that in each
subdirectory of $HOME/Mail there exist two hidden files: .sylpheed_cache
and .sylpheed_mark.
There appears to be no problem with new messages, nor when (within
Sylpheed) I move messages from one folder to another.
What I am wondering is this: Is it safe to delete messages *outside of
Sylpheed* from directories (I am thinking, of course, of directories
$HOME/Mail/junk and $HOME/Mail/trash)? Or will it confuse Sylpheed and
its hidden files? Until now, for safety's sake I have been deleting from
the Junk folder and performing the 'Empty Trash' operation from within
Sylpheed.
Thanks.
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