Le 28/05/2006 à 14:50:05-0800, Noah a écrit
>
> Hi there,
>
> might somebody send me to a website that explains the differnce between mbox
> and maildir? Or maybe you can just explain the differences in a response.
>
mbox --> one file for all message
Maildir --> One file for each message
Advantage :
mbox --> You can use old commande like «mail» to read you mail
and...I search...
Maildir -> Very scalable.
-> Fast
Disavantage :
mbox --> with big mbox every access (by qpopper or other mail
deamon) need to open the file, and close. This need
many time.
--> If there are some problem during the open/close time
the all mbox is corrupt.
Maildir -> You can not use «mail» command.
Conclusion :
If you don't have mail server and you want to install one --> Use
maildir
If you have old mail server using mbox --> Think to swap to maildir.
Regards.
--
Albert SHIH
Universite de Paris 7 (Denis DIDEROT)
U.F.R. de Mathematiques.
7 ième étage, plateau D, bureau 10
Heure local/Local time:
Tue May 30 22:20:06 CEST 2006
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