-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 10/28/06 10:14, Paul E Condon wrote: > On Sat, Oct 28, 2006 at 09:59:09AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >>> 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.
I don't see any problems, since I (almost) never go into my Maildir/ to peek around. That's what my MUA (and scripting languages) is for. > That being said, I implemented an IMAP server, and am more than > happy with it. Just now? Wow. Or are you populating using your MUA? - -- 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) iD8DBQFFQ4NcS9HxQb37XmcRAj9VAKDPy9EUUr8g8ZpoF9QXVh7mgZpi3gCfVbSR fBGnt4zvIfwmcUbpRNXkxUg= =/MV3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
