Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 22:24:52 +0200 From: Albert Shih <shih@math.jussieu.fr> To: Noah <admin2@enabled.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: difference between mbox and maildir? Message-ID: <20060530202452.GE20862@math.jussieu.fr> In-Reply-To: <20060528224917.M5250@enabled.com> References: <20060528224917.M5250@enabled.com>
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Le 28/05/2006 à 14:50:05-0800, Noah a écrit > > 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. > mbox --> one file for all message Maildir --> One file for each message Advantage : mbox --> You can use old commande like «mail» to read you mail and...I search... Maildir -> Very scalable. -> Fast Disavantage : mbox --> with big mbox every access (by qpopper or other mail deamon) need to open the file, and close. This need many time. --> If there are some problem during the open/close time the all mbox is corrupt. Maildir -> You can not use «mail» command. Conclusion : If you don't have mail server and you want to install one --> Use maildir If you have old mail server using mbox --> Think to swap to maildir. Regards. -- Albert SHIH Universite de Paris 7 (Denis DIDEROT) U.F.R. de Mathematiques. 7 ième étage, plateau D, bureau 10 Heure local/Local time: Tue May 30 22:20:06 CEST 2006
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