After some googling, I'm writing to this list to check if anyone else
know something about "Postfix", "Maildir format" and "UNIX filesystem
links".
This is the issue: a guy sent an e-mail with a large attach to 6 job mates.
6 people do receive the same e-mail.
6 identical file are stored inside Maildir structure.
Can I substitute 5 copies of the file with UNIX links (not symbolic
links but hard links in the filesystem)?
A mail is a "read only" document by definition, isn't it?
When a mail change status in Maildir format the name of the file is
affected, but the content of the file is not, is it right?
When a mail is deleted (purged, not moved to trash), the system should
remove a link to the shared i-node, isn't it?
When the last copy of the mail is purged, the disk space is released.
I'm estimating a big space saving (and cache performance increasing!) if
I might have a single copy of every mail instead of many.
What do you think about this idea? Is it really crazy or might it run?
Any suggestion will be appreciated!
Regards
Christian F.
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