Re: mbox vs. Maildir (was: Re: [Evolution] expunge speed)

[Alexander Skwar <ASkwar digitalprojects com>]

So sprach »Brian« am 2001-08-20 um 16:13:38 -0500 :
> Try having two or more front end mail servers that mount the backend (ie
> the machine with the mail spool) via NFS.  You might not know you have a
> problem as the MTA will end up silently dropping mail over time.

Hmm, I don't do something like this, so I didn't think of this.

Well, I'll agree that Maildir is really superior - technically at least.
Alas, it's performance isn't that good in the client I use.  Wonder
why...  Well, I suppose because it needs to open each and every file
once?  And maybe because mutt was designed for mbox?  Dunno.

Alexander Skwar
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