On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Jochen Spieker <m...@well-adjusted.de> wrote: > Kelly Clowers: >> On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 7:09 AM, Jochen Spieker <m...@well-adjusted.de> wrote: >> >>> I don't think there are many people (or organisations) that keep their >>> e-mails in relational databases. Sure, mail servers like Exchange (or >>> Dovecot) may have their own on-disk-format for mailboxes instead of >>> plain maildirs or mboxes. But they don't use MySQL (or Postgres, for >>> that matter). >> >> Exchange may not use MS SQL Server, but it does use a database, >> namely Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) aka JET Blue (not the >> same code as JET Red, which was the old Access engine). MS >> looked at moving Exchange to SQL Server, but decided not to. > > I already supposed something like this when writing my e-mail but > couldn't be bothered to google it. Nevertheless, I deliberately chose > the term "relational database" which does not appear to apply to ESE. > And that means I am still right. ;-)
You are right indeed. I didn't see a clear answer to whether it was relational or not at first. Cheers, Kelly Clowers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAFoWM=_gljpx1_hmfwtpfpth8tzcccp5kv45edwcdaz3kjm...@mail.gmail.com
