André Wöbbeking wrote: > On Tuesday 27 September 2005 15:27, Derek Broughton wrote: >> Randy Kramer wrote: >> > I suppose maildir will be OK (and maybe even better) for my inbox, >> > which I generally keep "trimmed" (not too many emails). >> > >> > I don't think I want to do that for my mail folders which often >> > have a lot (thousands) of archived emails (usually short). >> > >> > Is it the general consensus that mbox is more subject to corruption >> > than maildir? >> >> By definition. >> >> Why do you think Maildir would perform worse for folders with >> thousands of emails? Everything I've read suggests it will perform >> better - and more reliably. > > Because you need a file system which handles small files efficiently > (i.e. ReiseFS) otherwise you waste much space on your hard drive.
Space is cheap :-) It's still going to be _faster_ to use maildir than mbox. Of course, all my partitions are Reiser, anyway. -- derek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
