On 1999-08-27 00:35:56 -0600, Kim DeVaughn wrote:
> Personally, I've never found any good reason to use anything other
> than mbox style boxes. They are also easier to do "external"
> things with (like grep'ing the contents, etc), and seem to have
> fewer problems with "new mail" notification/indication.
Well, maildir folders are preferrable in environments where mail
drops are shared via NFS.
(Note that not only locking is an issue here, but getting up-to-date
file contents when synching folders can be problematic as well.)
