From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 29 04:35:00 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E53416A910 for ; Mon, 29 May 2006 04:35:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mikhailg@webanoide.org) Received: from cayster.site5.com (cayster.multisite.site5.com [216.118.97.189]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C708E43D46 for ; Mon, 29 May 2006 04:34:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mikhailg@webanoide.org) Received: from ppp110-20.lns1.hba1.internode.on.net ([150.101.110.20] helo=[192.168.0.4]) by cayster.site5.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.52) id 1FkZSv-0007o6-Ve; Mon, 29 May 2006 00:34:54 -0400 Message-ID: <447A79E8.6010007@webanoide.org> Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 14:34:48 +1000 From: Mikhail Goriachev Organization: Webanoide User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Macintosh/20060308) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Vulpes Velox References: <20060528224917.M5250@enabled.com> <20060528194727.54da5c14@vixen42.vulpes> In-Reply-To: <20060528194727.54da5c14@vixen42.vulpes> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus-Scanner: This message has been scanned by ClamAV. X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cayster.site5.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - webanoide.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: difference between mbox and maildir? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 04:35:01 -0000 Vulpes Velox wrote: > On Sun, 28 May 2006 14:50:05 -0800 > "Noah" 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. -- Mikhail Goriachev Webanoide Telephone: +61 (0)3 62252501 Mobile Phone: +61 (0)4 38255158 E-Mail: mikhailg@webanoide.org Web: http://www.webanoide.org PGP Key ID: 0x4E148A3B PGP Key Fingerprint: D96B 7C14 79A5 8824 B99D 9562 F50E 2F5D 4E14 8A3B