Re: [Evolution] Advice

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

On 18 Jan 2001 18:42:47 -0800, David Fallon wrote:
> > and replace it with a better store, from a SQL db to a mini version of
> > the Exchange Server store. Both failed, so Outlook will be stuck with
> > this terrible store for the foreseeable future. And customers know and
> > understand why Outlook's store suck so bad. If Evolution had a fast,
> > reliable, 3rd-party-accessible and a non-proprietary store, a surprising
> > number of corporations would be very interested.
>
> Can any of the evolution hackers address this? Obviously, as GPL'd software,
> it's automatically non-propriertary, and I'm sure the conversion tools will
> be in place to make it third-party accessable (in a worst case scenario, the
> third party has the source code...), but specifically, what format is it,
> and what are the expectations as to scalability/speed? Is the current format
> a temp solution or the long term fix?

I should have cc'd the list on this I guess...

Basically, Evolution uses the Unix mbox standard format by default and
can/does support other formats currently such as MH and Maildir. It
would be possible to write an SQL provider as well, but we haven't yet
done it because it's not a high priority. Mbox scales pretty damn well
with our indexing in place, Evolution should be able to handle 40+ megs
of mail without a problem (and I know it does because we've tested it).
Evolution is VERY fast in this reguard.

Jeff