Hi, On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 08:00:52PM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote: > Well, you can tar and compress a maildir, and then it only takes 1, same > as an mbox. That works fine for archiving, though is not as convenient > for active mailboxes. I also don't really buy that a maildir is > difficult to back up (especially if you tar.(gz|bz2) it). I like using > maildirs mostly because mbox feels like a dirty hack, with the whole > "From " thing. I also like the increased scriptability using standard > GNU tools like grep to find and process individual messages, instead of > having to use some sort of mbox-parsing perl module.
What do you mean by the "From "-thing? I have always just used mbox because that is what fetchmail puts my mail into but this thread has aroused my interest in maildir... Can i use maildir w/ fetchmail/exim? If not, how does one get maildir, and what are the technical advantages? Thanks, Cameron Matheson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
