On Sex, 2006-02-17 at 09:12 +0100, Christian Ferrari wrote: > 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.
I heard google's mail gmail works in a similar way. In theory this sounds excelent, but harder to implement. Just 2 cents. :) -- -- Marcio Merlone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ambiente Brasil ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Courier-imap mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-imap
