This has probably been discussed many times over, but I cannot find
references to it...
We have historically used the mbox format and have developed tools for
interacting, analyzing, and managing inboxes. This has worked well for
admins and users.
There has been some pressure in the recent past to enhance the user's
email experience by providing even faster access to their inbox and
simultaneous access (only one request so far on the latter).
The question is: When does the mbx performance gains over mbox begin?
We have a 3MB limit on inbox size, it gets moved to the user's ~/Mail dir
nightly if it exceeds the limit. The user can access their inbox and saved
mail normally via IMAP. An access of a 3MB mbox inbox is pretty quick on
a 4-CPU Solaris 8 system with 16GB RAM (Sun V440).
Would switching from mbox to mbx significantly increase access time?
A conversion would also imply a rework of tools and procedures for about
26K accounts spread over 4 systems.
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