File: nnmaildir.el.html

Maildir format is documented at <URL:https://cr.yp.to/proto/maildir.html>.

nnmaildir also stores extra information in the .nnmaildir/ directory within a maildir.

Some goals of nnmaildir:
* Everything Just Works, and correctly. E.g., NOV data is automatically
  regenerated when stale; no need for manually running
  *-generate-nov-databases.
* Perfect reliability: [C-g] will never corrupt its data in memory, and
  SIGKILL will never corrupt its data in the filesystem.
* Allow concurrent operation as much as possible. If files change out
  from under us, adapt to the changes or degrade gracefully.
* We use the filesystem as a database, so that, e.g., it's easy to
  manipulate marks from outside Gnus.
* All information about a group is stored in the maildir, for easy backup,
  copying, restoring, etc.

Todo:
* When moving an article for expiry, copy all the marks except 'expire
  from the original article.
* Add a hook for when moving messages from new/ to cur/, to support
  nnmail's duplicate detection.
* Improve generated Xrefs, so crossposts are detectable.
* Improve code readability.

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