> Someone asked why my preference for MailDir over MBox. To my thinking,
But it isn't MailDir vs. MBox. Cyrus doesn't use either; the internal structure resembled maildir but with an index component that facilitates *extremely* good performance. > MBox is one big file much like an Outlook .pst in that sense. MailDir is PST isn't like MBox at all, PST has internal indexes and is page based. Not that PST doesn't stink like road-kill, but comparing it to MBox isn't very meaningful or accurate. > file-per-message. Surely that's less network/server overhead when > logging on. I completely agree that MBox is horrible. > And yes, direct spool access on occasion is, imho, a good > safety net. Cyrus provides excellent tools for restoring, manipulating, and repairing the mail store. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
