Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 09:56:25 +0700 (ICT) From: Olivier Nicole <on@cs.ait.ac.th> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mail back-up system Message-ID: <200602100256.k1A2uPc9037868@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> In-Reply-To: <44irrozl0q.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> (message from Lowell Gilbert on 09 Feb 2006 09:04:05 -0500) References: <200602090700.k1970DiJ095554@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <18e02bd30602090026h2e297677sc6742cbb653aede5@mail.gmail.com> <200602090910.k199AKB6011124@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <44irrozl0q.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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> Mailbox format might not be a bottleneck in this application. It's > fairly efficient at appending new messages, and that is the only > common operation being performed on these backup mail spools. The application is using maildir (that's the normal email server that is using mailbox). Maildir because it is esaier to expunge oldest emails to free some disk space and because thetape backup is cheaper when it come sto incremental. Olivier
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