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Date:      Sun, 28 May 2006 19:47:27 -0500
From:      Vulpes Velox <v.velox@vvelox.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: difference between mbox and maildir?
Message-ID:  <20060528194727.54da5c14@vixen42.vulpes>
In-Reply-To: <20060528224917.M5250@enabled.com>
References:  <20060528224917.M5250@enabled.com>

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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.



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