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

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

2018-04-04 Thread Don Armstrong
On Wed, 04 Apr 2018, Nicolas George wrote: > Don Armstrong (2018-04-04): > > You should consider looking at using Maildir with notmuch and using > > things which integrate notmuch.[1] > > Maildir is not that much better than mbox. Sure, it eliminates most of > its worse flaws, but it brings flaws

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&

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 de

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

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

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 >

mbox vs. maildir

2001-12-20 Thread Chris Hilts
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 advance, Chris Hilts [EMAIL PROTECT