> -----Original Message----- > From: Christoph Gysin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 24 August 2005 15:00 > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] mail in $HOME/.maildir, why ??? > > > Jarry wrote: > > I'm using sendmail as my mail-server, and I noticed, that mail for > > users is stored in $HOME/.maildir, not in /var/spool/mail. > > And each mail is stored as separate file, not all in one file. > > WHY??? > > It's called the "maildir" mail storage format. I find it very > useful, especially > with big mailboxes...
[snip] > You could add mbox to your useflags and emerge sendmail. If > you *really* want to > use mbox... Could you please share any other benefits/disbenefits of the two formats? -- Regards, Mick -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
