Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 15:01:56 +0200 From: Leon Messner <lwlbsd@compuserve.de> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Using unix mail with maildir format Message-ID: <20050705130156.GB2695@asterix.bsdserved.de> In-Reply-To: <20050705060857.GA560@pooh.nagual.st> References: <BD350B06-C60C-4240-86FA-B234CE6A8A56@todoo.biz> <200507042252.j64MqleE088318@unsane.co.uk> <20050705060857.GA560@pooh.nagual.st>
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On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 08:08:57AM +0200, dick hoogendijk wrote: > > What are the pro's and cons for/against both mail standards? > Won't the maildir format with all this separate mails not be more > difficult to maintain? > > I have to say that running courier/maildir never gave problems 'till now > but having the chooce I very much want some insights/advice on this > matter. Some reading points are OK too ;-) Hi, some reading points ;-) : http://www.courier-mta.org/mbox-vs-maildir/ http://cr.yp.to/proto/maildir.html http://wiki.mutt.org/index.cgi?MuttFaq/Maildir This is all very pro maildir but couldn't find any pro mbox now. Also have a look at the shares maildir feature if using imap with multiple users accessing one mail dump. Greets Leon -- gnupg key ID: 9B820836 & Fingerprint: 6081 8F41 8FEC 0D69 DB98 F014 0FD4 B47D 9B82 0836
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