On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 02:20:04PM +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > [...] > > I have several mbox mail folders with messages delivered by > > procmail. > > Why do you use mbox, if I may ask?
I use mbox because it offers better search performance when the search is done in the body of messages: only one file (the mbox file) has to be read to perform the search. Such a search would be much less efficient on a mail folder where each message is stored in a separate file. And the primary reason I keep archives of mailing list messages is for easy search. Most mailing lists are archived on the internet, but searching them locally is much more flexible if done locally than on the web. Of corse I archive my private messages too. Furthermore mbox folders can be easily stored in compressed forms (using gzip, for instance) and good mail clients can read them that way. I also consider the number of files an advantage, as mail folders where each message is stored in its own file would create a very big number of files on my scenario with many messages being archived. Romildo -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
