Michael Tatge ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> I switched from mbox to Maildir a few days ago. I always had the
> feeling that Maildir is much slower - well for big Mailboxes at least
> - than mbox. Now I did some testing.
>
> 2970 Messeges
> - 9 MB mbox file : 4 secs
> - as Maildir (totals to 10 MB): 10 secs
> - Maildir (cashed i.e. read the same Maildir twice) 4 secs
>
> P200 on a IDE disk with dma enabled.
>
> Has anybody had similar expriences?
I've noticed thta Maildir is slower when opening the folder, but much faster
when writing the changes after you close it, since it doesn't have to
rewrite the whole mbox file I suppose. On my 486 with 16MB RAM, both are
painfully slow when a folder gets big (eg. debian-user lately - I had to
unsubscribe).
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