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Date:      Mon, 29 May 2006 14:34:48 +1000
From:      Mikhail Goriachev <mikhailg@webanoide.org>
To:        Vulpes Velox <v.velox@vvelox.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: difference between mbox and maildir?
Message-ID:  <447A79E8.6010007@webanoide.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060528194727.54da5c14@vixen42.vulpes>
References:  <20060528224917.M5250@enabled.com> <20060528194727.54da5c14@vixen42.vulpes>

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Vulpes Velox wrote:
> On Sun, 28 May 2006 14:50:05 -0800
> "Noah" <admin2@enabled.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi there,
>>
>> might somebody send me to a website that explains the differnce
>> between mbox and maildir?  Or maybe you can just explain the
>> differences in a response.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbox
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maildir
> 
> Maildir is your friend. Mbox likes to blow up. The only nice thing
> about mbox is it only uses a single inode.

Yep, maildir is the way to go. Incremental backups are easier with it as
well.

Cheers,
Mikhail.

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