On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 12:30:52PM +1200, Steve Reed wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Thanks for the great help from this group in the past. I plan
> to begin the migration process to qmail in the coming days and
> weeks, and as part of the planning process am wondering if the
> general consensus is that the "maildir" method is the way to
> go. Appreciate comments/advice.
Basically, the only reasons not to go to maildir are shell users
who are set in their ways (and have been for years).
Maildirs are incredibly easy to manipulate with shell or Perl or
Python, more reliable than mailbox, and can be locked over NFS.
Shell users will generally fall into the mutt or emacs camps; you
should wean your Pine users anyway; you already know if you have
a population of mh users.
POP users will never notice the difference, except that when someone
mails them a 400MB PowerPoint preso, you can ls their maildir, note
the 400MB monstrosity, and delete it or move it for them without
disturbing any other mail.
-dsr-
