On Sat, Oct 28, 2006 at 09:59:09AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 10/27/06 16:25, Paul E Condon wrote: > > I'm looking at my system backups and notice that there is some clutter > > form mbox files being updated almost daily. I think the clutter would > > be reduced by switching to maildir (true?), but I wonder about other > > consequences of such a switch. In particular, when I google the topic > > of how to switch, I find only people asking the question, and some > > comment to the effect 'why bother?', but no answers. Is it a bad idea > > for reasons which I have not yet fathomed? Where can I find a recent > > HOWTO that adresses Debian issues, if it is not bad? > > You could implement IMAP. Courier- and Doveccot both support Maildir. > > However, I'm not sure what you mean by /clutter/. Constantly > rewriting the mbox file keeps the fs busy, and might cause file > conflicts. OTOH, Maildir creates one (weirdly-named) file per mail > message. That *really* clutters up your data directory!!!
Thanks for the warning. Knowing this, I think I don't really want to switch. > > That being said, I implemented an IMAP server, and am more than > happy with it. > > - -- > Ron Johnson, Jr. > Jefferson LA USA > > Is "common sense" really valid? > For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that > whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins > are mud people. > However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFFQ3A9S9HxQb37XmcRAlJLAJ9sLOGryX5+8jxWm3fYtvK1ALPndwCfRrNV > mHw2geTboC/a78z8KuVqs1k= > =sa5V > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
