From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 3 13:44:08 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 838CC37B401 for ; Tue, 3 Jun 2003 13:44:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp07.wxs.nl (smtp07.wxs.nl [195.121.6.39]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C118543F3F for ; Tue, 3 Jun 2003 13:44:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl) Received: from kruij557.speed.planet.nl (ipd50a97ba.speed.planet.nl [213.10.151.186]) by smtp07.wxs.nl (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.14 (built Mar 18 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HFX00H6AAXB5E@smtp07.wxs.nl> for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; Tue, 03 Jun 2003 22:44:07 +0200 (MEST) Received: from Intranet.lan (akruijff@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Intranet.lan (8.12.6p2/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h4UF0rPK004727; Fri, 30 May 2003 17:00:53 +0200 Received: (from akruijff@localhost) by Intranet.lan (8.12.6p2/8.12.8/Submit) id h4UF0pbR004726; Fri, 30 May 2003 17:00:51 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 17:00:51 +0200 From: Alex de Kruijff In-reply-to: <200305300752.OAA10553@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> To: Olivier Nicole Message-id: <20030530150051.GB4099@dds.nl> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i References: <20030530062218.M73042@enabled.com> <200305300752.OAA10553@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> X-Authentication-warning: Intranet.lan: akruijff set sender to freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl using -f cc: admin2@enabled.com cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: secure pop server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 20:44:08 -0000 On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 02:52:06PM +0700, Olivier Nicole wrote: > > yeah lets get some details in there. the users of this application are > > windows outlook users wanting to download their email while they travel - so I > > think my options are to go for mbox support, no? > > That is unrelated. This is a matter of choice, whether your MDA does > mbox or maildir (are all the email in INBOX kept in one single file - > /var/mail/username of in a directory /var/mail/username/filename) Both mbox and maildir have there strengts and weekness. mbox is good at saving space, but bad at removing *one* mail at a time. maildir is bat at saving space but good at removing *one* mail at a time. If you expect your user to remove mail one by one then go with maildir, otherwise go with mbox. What is more inportaint perfomance or saving space? (If you user though away there mail after recieving it all, then maildir sould decrease you performance. Since it hase to remove a large number of files, instead of just one.) Alex