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Wednesday, May 29, 2002

Whisper the Songs of Silence. A new genre in electronic music emphasizes silence over thumping bass lines. It's so subtle, one recent album was thought not to contain any sound at all. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
4:17:30 PM

EU Law Turns ISPs Into Spies?. Civil liberties groups are vigorously opposing an EU proposal to require detailed and indefinite record-keeping of citizens' phone and Net use, saying it would put ISPs in the 'spy business.' By Julia Scheeres. [Wired News]
3:59:34 PM

Sound and Fury of HyperMacbeth. Unlike other online versions of Macbeth, in which hyperlinks might annotate Shakespeare's work, dlsan's hyperlinks might change the shape, size and color of a phrase. By Chloe Veltman. [Wired News]
3:58:23 PM

The Dickens of EBay. An author auctions off vintage clothes and brand new chapters. Also: Another self-publishing tool ... and more, in M.J. Rose's notebook. [Wired News]
3:36:57 PM

Improving Unix Mail Storage?

Improving Unix Mail Storage?
Posted by Cliff on Tuesday May 28, @11:17PM
from the we-can-improve-him-we-have-the-technology dept.
At first, there was mbox, then there was Maildir, and Bill begat Outlook and .mbx. CaraCalla wonders if there is a better way to store mail than the way we currently store it today. I admit, with the changes that email has undergone over the past 5 years (changes in what is being sent, not necessarily in how it is sent), it may be time to reinvent the mail format. Read on for CaraCalla's analysis of the current mail options, and his thoughts on where we may go in the future. If you were to design your own MUA, how would you design its mail storage?

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3:35:16 PM

SEUL.org: Linux in Education Report #71 [Linux Today]
3:32:35 PM

Yahoo fills in Messenger hole. The Web portal fixes Messenger 5.0 after learning a security vulnerability could allow hackers to delete files on a person's computer. [CNET News.com]
3:32:17 PM