Re: best mailbox format?

[Peter Bloomfield <PeterBloomfield bellsouth net>]

On 02/13/2004 12:41:36 AM, Kacper Wysocki wrote:
> Hi guys -
> 
> what is the mailbox format that balsa has the best accessing  
> algorithms for? Ie what is the format balsa reads writes the  
> fastest? I've got mailboxes with upwards of 5000 emails, and I  
> would like these to open snappily (or as close to as  
> possible..)
> 
> Regards,
> 	Kacper

Hi Kacper!

I have a maildir and an essentially identical mbox, both with  
over 3000 messages (~11Mb in the mbox format), and with Balsa  
from cvs HEAD, both open in 2-3 seconds (the second time, after  
the disk buffers are loaded)--can't really tell which is faster.

Peter