Subject: bug#18278: [PATCH] bug#18130: rmail.el: handle imaps, pops, and local source mailboxes (maildir, MH, etc.)

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 09:00:22 -0400

[ Thanks Carlos for pinging us about it.  ]

> set of mailbox formats (both remote and local).  This patch makes
> rmail.el fully use the flexibility of GNU Mailutils.  In particular,
> it makes it possible to use imaps and pops encrypted protocols.  The
> patch is against the current Emacs trunk.  The bug has been reported by
> Carlos Pita to both GNU Emacs[2] and Mailutuls[3].

Thank you Sergey,

The patch looks OK for me, but as I'm not familiar with Rmail, I'd like
to have the opinion of someone else.

        Stefan