Michael D. Schleif, 2003-Feb-09 15:05 -0600: > > Considering moving from mbox to maildir a very large (~2GB, ~1000000 > messages) email archive. Mostly concerned with the integrity of > receiving messages intact. > > Obviously, this will impact performance and inodes used. > > Given this brief overview, what ought I to consider? > > Are there other options to consider? > > How else might I handle this data? > > What do you think?
I've not used mh mail boxes before, only maildir and mbox. I use maildir for my active mailboxes for it's ability to keep messages from getting messed up on delivery (sorry for the non-tech reason). For mail boxes that I use for archive and are non-active, I use mbox for it's ease in backing up. Performance-wise, I don't think you'll notice a difference in loading the mail box on a modern machine. On older, slower machines, you might see the mbox loading faster than the maildir folders. If I had an archive mail box that size, I'd leave it as an mbox so I can back it up easier since it's a single file as opposed to a directory. my 2 cents, jc -- Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer Diggin' Debian Admin and User -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
