On 2009-04-24, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <l...@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> wrote: > In message <gtudnry7tappu2zunz2dnuvz_h6dn...@posted.visi>, Grant Edwards > wrote: > >> AFAIK, atime<mtime has been the "standard" way to determine >> when an mbox contains new mail for at least 20 years. > > Doesn't apply to maildir though, does it?
Nope. With maildir, there's a completely separate directory where one puts new messages. > Updating atime adds a lot of filesystem overhead; that's why > the relatime option was invented <http://lwn.net/Articles/244829/>. The relatime should cut down a great deal on system overhead and yet still preserves the atime/mtime semantics used by mbox clients. > But better still is not to bother. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! I wonder if I could at ever get started in the visi.com credit world? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
