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Hi Simon December 6, 2020 8:41 PM, "Simon Waters" <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sunday, 6 December 2020 13:48:27 GMT Richard Brown wrote: > >> I regularly download emails as eml files to convert to pdf to keep a >> separate log of conversations etc. > > I'm curious why you would archive emails in a non-native format. > > Every conversion risks losing information. PDF would seem to be an awful > format for emails, since it likely loses the headers, and attachments, and > thus both content and metadata, whilst taking more space. > > I have several modest email archives, they are mostly in Maildir, or mbox, > mostly as I haven't got to choosing a newer format, but these are fine given > the frequency of reference. > Basically the same answer as Eion. A need to have documented evidence in a format that is acceptable to other parties. Rich -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dcglug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq