Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 12:24:57 +0300 From: teo@gecadsoftware.com To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: postfix && Maildir Message-ID: <20010614122457.A8391@gecadsoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0106131155110.66796-100000@sasami.jurai.net>; from scanner@jurai.net on Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 11:58:08AM -0400 References: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0106131904440.17281-100000@spice.eahd.or.ug> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0106131155110.66796-100000@sasami.jurai.net>
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Hi scanner!
On Wed, 13 Jun 2001, scanner@jurai.net wrote:
>
> > >And understand the negatives of using the Maildir format?
> >
> > No. Could you please point me to some documentation on that?
>
> Go look through the postfix mail list archives at www.postfix.org for
> Maildir. Basically what it boils down to is if you have very little mail
> Maildir is just as good as mail box format. But the more mail you have the
> suckier Maildir performs. It's *alot* easier to deal with one large file
> then a directory with tons of smaller files. Especially for searching. So
> basically if you never go above a handfull of mail it won't matter to
> much. But the more you throw at Maildir the worse it gets.
well, least it claims to be more reliable
http://www.lifewithqmail.org/lwq.html#maildir-delivery
-- teodor
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