Benjamin Michotte wrote: > Oh my god... > I just switched from mbox to maildir... and also reswitch to mbox... > > 2 minutes 38 to open my in.mutt maildir (? 6000 mails) instead of 18 > secondes to the same in mbox format !!!!
as others have mentioned, this is most likely a filesystem limitation, and not a problem with Maildir. would i be correct in assuming you're using ext2fs? i have some of the same problems, but my mail is (unfortunately) on a linux machine. i would bet that if i were able to switch our office mailserver to freebsd with ffs / soft-updates that performance would improve a lot. once one of the newer filesystems becomes more robust and failsafe i would also expect improved performance. Maildir is also better for POP3 / imap servers since it doesn't necessarily have to stat an entire file just to find what it's looking for. this results in a much lower load on the server if you have a lot of POP / IMAP users. > also, how to change my procmail filter to maildir ? this is really easy. just add a trailing slash after the folder name. ie: foo becomes foo/ procmail will take care of the rest. you should also remove the lockfile since Maildir doesn't need it., so: :0: becomes :0 -- William Yardley System Administrator, Newdream Network [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://infinitejazz.net/will/pgp/gpg.asc
