On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 00:19, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 03:53:08AM -0600, Ron Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 01:36, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > > maildir. Much better performance, more flexible, you can access > > > messages as individual files, and more robust. Plus 'From' doesn't need > > > to be escaped at start of line. > > > > Why better performance? If there's lots of messages, directory > > manipulation becomes very slow (at least on IDE drive). > > Directory insertion/deletion (Maildir) vs. file insertion/deletion > (mbox). > > Mailder is far more robust (djb gets _some_ things right). And deals > with simultaneous access and multiple updates (say, d-u, where I > typically get new mail every few minutes) far better than mbox. > > I try to keep my mailboxes <1k messages, though with Maildir I've had > 20k+ messages with few problems.
While we're on the topic: I'm thinking of building an IMAP server out of a Via EPIA 5000 mobo (533MHz Eden CPU http://www.mini-itx.com/store/default.asp?c=2#p2), 512MB RAM & 40GB HDD. Will this have the "oomph" to open large mail directories, etc, in a timely fashion? Only 2 people will be using it, but I get ~3600 spams per day. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA "Oh, great altar of passive entertainment, bestow upon me thy discordant images at such speed as to render linear thought impossible" Calvin, regarding TV -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]