Re: mbox vs maildir vs better formats [Re: Invalid UTF-8 byte? (was: Re: utf)]

2018-04-04 Thread Nicolas George
Don Armstrong (2018-04-04): > There are definitely better formats than Maildir, like Dovecot's > multi-dbox.[1] > > These issues are why almost everyone who uses Maildir just uses it as > the backing message store and uses the index on top to do avoid ever > reading all of the messages in the Mail

Re: mbox vs. maildir

2001-12-20 Thread dman
On Thu, Dec 20, 2001 at 01:43:41PM -0800, Craig Dickson wrote: | Chris Hilts wrote: | | > Are there any opinions on mbox vs. maildir? I'm told by several friends | > that maildir is probably the more efficient way to go, but my Debian system | > came with mbox by default, and I'm not sure how e

Re: mbox vs. maildir

2001-12-20 Thread Craig Dickson
Chris Hilts wrote: > Are there any opinions on mbox vs. maildir? I'm told by several friends > that maildir is probably the more efficient way to go, but my Debian system > came with mbox by default, and I'm not sure how easy/wise it would be to > change. It depends what you mean by "efficien

Re: mbox vs. maildir

2001-12-20 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* Chris Hilts ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > Are there any opinions on mbox vs. maildir? I'm told by several friends > that maildir is probably the more efficient way to go, but my Debian system > came with mbox by default, and I'm not sure how easy/wise it would be to > change. The probl

Re: mbox vs. maildir

2001-12-20 Thread Brian Nelson
"Chris Hilts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Are there any opinions on mbox vs. maildir? I'm told by several friends > that maildir is probably the more efficient way to go, but my Debian system > came with mbox by default, and I'm not sure how easy/wise it would be to > change. A thorough com

Re: mbox vs. maildir

2001-12-20 Thread Oleksandr Moskalenko
* Chris Hilts ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Are there any opinions on mbox vs. maildir? I'm told by several friends > that maildir is probably the more efficient way to go, but my Debian system > came with mbox by default, and I'm not sure how easy/wise it would be to > change. > > Thanks in ad