From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 5 06:15:53 2005 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 55E8116A41C for ; Tue, 5 Jul 2005 06:15:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from hobbiton.shire.net (hobbiton.shire.net [166.70.252.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23BF543D49 for ; Tue, 5 Jul 2005 06:15:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from [67.161.222.227] (helo=[192.168.99.68]) by hobbiton.shire.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.51) id 1Dpgil-0003LH-9P; Tue, 05 Jul 2005 00:15:51 -0600 In-Reply-To: <20050705060857.GA560@pooh.nagual.st> References: <200507042252.j64MqleE088318@unsane.co.uk> <20050705060857.GA560@pooh.nagual.st> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v730) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 00:15:50 -0600 To: dick hoogendijk X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.730) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 67.161.222.227 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: chad@shire.net X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on hobbiton.shire.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50, GREYLIST_ISWHITE autolearn=disabled version=3.0.3 X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2 (built Mon May 30 00:43:02 MDT 2005) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on hobbiton.shire.net) Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Using unix mail with maildir format 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: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 06:15:53 -0000 On Jul 5, 2005, at 12:08 AM, dick hoogendijk wrote: > What are the pro's and cons for/against both mail standards? > Won't the maildir format with all this separate mails not be more > difficult to maintain? In what way more difficult to maintain? maildir makes backups "easier" as incrmental backups truly are incremental. With standard mbox format the whole thing is backed up every time if any new mail has come or mail downloaded, etc. There are various performance reasons for maildir as well. Try Google. I am sure you will find a whole ton of stuff comparing the two. Chad --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad@shire.net