With NFS, mdbox can be a lot faster solution, but it does require backups. Mostly because \Seen flag is lost if you lose all indexes. The actual mails can be reconstructed.
Aki On 20.04.2018 07:48, DurgaPrasad - DatasoftComnet wrote: > I'm facing some issues on mdbox based backups. Backups are failing with dbox > corruption messages. SiS is the greatest advantage though. However backups > integrity is very important. If SiS/Deduplication is not a requirement stick > to Maildir. > > Regards > DP > > -----Original Message----- > From: dovecot [mailto:dovecot-boun...@dovecot.org] On Behalf Of Gedalya > Sent: 20 April 2018 08:19 > To: dovecot@dovecot.org > Subject: Re: maildir vs dbox? > > On 04/20/2018 04:08 AM, David Mehler wrote: >> I am wondering if changing to dbox would be beneficial? > It can be faster when a user deletes or moves a large number of messages. > One reason why I migrated a few sites is that when reporting issues with > maildir on this list, there seems to be lack of interest in fixing them. In > that regard, it can be seen as a safer choice. > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus >
