On Aug 19, Miquel van Smoorenburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>(it usually is not, and it definitely is not for >>tipical POP servers). >Still, deleting messages from a mbox-style mailbox means copying >the entire mailbox usually at least twice. That can cause a heavy A tipical POP user downloads and deletes all messages every time.
>load on your mailserver. Also it is nessecary to scan the entire >mbox at startup - readdir() is usually faster (if you skip the stat()) In my experience mutt is faster using mbox than maildir on my 300-500 KB inbox. -- ciao, Marco