Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 11:31:04 -0500 From: "Steven Ames" <steve@virtual-voodoo.com> To: "Ahsan Ali" <ahsan@khi.comsats.net.pk>, <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: antivirus, webmail and virtual domain hosting on a mail server Message-ID: <00fb01c1782a$13a31920$28d90c42@eservoffice.com> References: <JAEEIJKIHAONENKPFCCPIEJCCBAA.dev@samurai.com> <006201c17829$29f79c10$0100a8c0@ahsanalikh>
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Maildir is a tad different. It was built to be NFS safe. Instead of storing all messages in one file, each message gets its own file... you end up with a couple of subdirectories (current, new and saved (if memory serves)), and then each message gets its own file. This drastically reduces file locking requirements as incoming messages go to their own file and don't interfere with the files being read by IMAP/POP, etc... And since NFS file locking has always been a bit picky, this is a Good Thing (tm). -Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ahsan Ali" <ahsan@khi.comsats.net.pk> To: <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 11:24 AM Subject: Re: antivirus, webmail and virtual domain hosting on a mail server > I cant resist asking this here - whats the basic difference between maildir > and mbox? I'm assuming /var/spool/mail/username is mbox... so how does > maildir work? > > I know, I'm going to RTFM in depth tonight! :) > > Thanks! > > -Ahsan > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Blake Crosby" <dev@samurai.com> > To: "Ahsan Ali" <ahsan@khi.comsats.net.pk>; <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 9:15 PM > Subject: RE: antivirus, webmail and virtual domain hosting on a mail server > > > > > > > As for your pop/imap daemon, either the courier suite (includes a > webmail > > > app) which uses maildir to store mail, or qpopper (maildir, by > qualcomm). > > > > > > > whoops, that should be "qpopper (mbox, by qualcomm)." > > > > Blake > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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