basically, i use maildir because my mail store is nfs mounted and i
receive mail from a few different machines, all processed through
procmail with maildir patch. this was growing hair with my previous mh
format directories.
pete
On Sat, 06 May 2000, Bennett Todd wrote:
> 2000-05-06-07:48:49 Roberto Suarez Soto:
> > Anyway, and though I know this is one of the recursive questions
> > of the list, what are the advantages that you find in maildir over
> > mailbox?
>
> It's a recurring question, no doubt, but revisiting it periodically
> is healthy. Here's what comes to my mind at the moment.
>
> I've been using Maildir for a couple of years now, started when I
> tried out qmail several years back, when I switched to Postfix I
> used procmail with maildir patches to stick with the Maildir format.
> I subscribe to dozens of lists, with varying amounts of traffic,
> totals c. 600 messages a day, and keep all email forever, so my
> archives are a valuable resource.
>
> I like having the ability to use standard Unix tools to manipulate
> my archives, with each message available as a distinct file.
> Migrating messages to different folders by date, hooking a search
> engine up, doing broad analyses, looking for historical data by
> sender, subject, keyword, whatever; I find these all very pleasing
> to do with a one-message-per-file format.
>
> And at least for me, it's very, very comforting knowing that any
> sort of code --- MTAs like qmail and Postfix, LDAs like procmail and
> maildrop, MUAs like mutt, and programs complex or trivial, written
> in C, Perl, Bourne Shell, whatever --- can all simply add and remove
> messages to and from folders, with perfect safety, without ever
> needing to worry about locking, all at the same time.
>
> -Bennett
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