On 10/1/2023 5:51 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Sat, 2023-09-30 at 14:43 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 9/30/23 14:40, Joe Zeff wrote:
On 09/30/2023 03:18 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
As far as I know, there aren't any options for local storage.
I mean there are no options for what type of storage Thunderbird uses
for local storage. It only has the format Mozilla has always used,
which I think is something like mbox with an index.
mbox is the default, but you can select Maildir when you create the
account, at least when you are using imap.
That explains the "compacting". Mbox has one file per mail folder, and
leaves holes when mails are deleted, so the mbox file doesn't actually
shrink until it's copied and renamed, i.e. "compacted". This can cause
issues with locking, especially if the mbox is on a remote mount.
Maildir is a better solution which has no locking issues and doesn't
require compacting.
I'm sure you know all this, but others may not.
poc
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