On Thu, Aug 26, 1999 at 04:51:04PM +1000, Craig McVean wrote:
> Could someone explain the diffs between Mailder
> and mbox, and which is best
This is detailed fairly well in the manual in the section on mailbox types.
As for which is best, maildir probably works faster for large mailboxes since
each message is stored in a separate file, so things like deleting message 500
of 1000 happen instantaneously whereas in a mbox style you have to rewrite
half of the mailbox to delete the one in the middle. This is also true for
updating the message status (marking messages as read or replied to).
me
