RE: [Evolution] Problems with NFS

["John Graber" <badger wi rr com>]

Thanks much for the info.  I can see that maildir definitely has many
advantages.

However, I am a bit confused.  Will maildir eliminate this file locking
problem that Evo experiences when downloading mail from a POP server and
storing it in its mbox file in, for example, ~/evolution/local/Inbox?  Why
would Evo lock one one type of file differently than another?

Or are we talking about the same thing?


John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian [mailto:brianb sboss com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 4:53 PM
> To: theBadger uwalumni com
> Cc: evolution ximian com
> Subject: RE: [Evolution] Problems with NFS
>
>
> On Wed, 2001-09-26 at 15:38, John Graber wrote:
> > Not at all.  Only went with mbox because that was set up by
> default the
> > first time I used Evo.
> >
> > I take it by your suggestion that you are saying this will
> eliminate this
> > problem?
>
> You betcha.  Maildir breaks the mail into seperate files
> rather that one
> (easily corruptable) big file.  It's speedier and less of a head ache
> from an admin's point of view.  Check out this document at
> http://www.courier-mta.org/mbox-vs-maildir/ for more info on the
> subject.
>
> Brian