Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 09:42:31 -0600 (CST) From: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com> To: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> Cc: "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM>, Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>, Jos.Backus@nl.origin-it.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vmpfw in pine via NFS Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.991118093952.27820A-100000@shell-3.enteract.com> In-Reply-To: <383412B5.142F74A3@newsguy.com>
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On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, Daniel C. Sobral wrote: > "Louis A. Mamakos" wrote: > > > > You don't have to use vile language in public :-) > > > > MH has been storing mail in it's folders like this for years/decades. While > > it might be a little hard on the file system, it works great for the user. > > Works great? Seriously, how long does it take to open a folder with > over a hundred thousand messages? I *do* have some folders like > that. Ouch. Don't do that. The upside of MH and maildir format is that deleting an arbitrary message is much faster. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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