I used mutt with a large (>1500 message) mailbox file once and the performance
was way worse than with large maildirs.
--Adam
----- Original Message -----
From: Scott Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Qmail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, June 19, 1999 2:06 AM
Subject: Re: Pine, Mutt, and Maildir
: "Alex Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
: | However, Mutt seems to be looking for the Mailbox, and I can't see an
option
: | for setting it to use Maildirs.
:
: Set $MAIL to point to your maildir.
:
: But... is it my imagination or does mutt read the whole maildir, and
: then write it back? That's just awful to contemplate. One of the big
: advantages of maildir (and mh) is that you don't have to write the
: whole thing back just to update a few messages.
:
:
