On 17 Sep 2008, at 11:40, Jens Hoffrichter wrote: > Why does cyrus need it's own > structure for the mailboxes, which is similar, but not wholly > compatible, to maildir. Maildir and cyrus both suffer from the same > disadvantages (huge needs in terms of inodes etc.), yet I see no > distinctive advantage for the cyrus mailbox format to maildir.
Performance. I could go on & on, but that's the answer, basically. :wes ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
