On 10/11/07, Daniel Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Timo, > > Would there be any sense in giving Dovecot the option to split folders > into multiple subfolders when they reached a specified size (probably > message count) limit? >
Many modern file systems offer the possibility to use optimized directory indexes. Listing these directories scales very well. Splitting files into subdirectories would have a negative effect: You have to walk through every directory and merge all file names into one data table. Chris
