Gordan Bobic wrote: > Hi, > > I'm looking into how plausible it would be to add compression support to > Maildir messages. The basic idea is to simply compress the entire message > (file) just before writing it to disk, and decompressing it as soon as it > is read. For transparent migration/integration, I could postfix (no pun > intended) the messages with .lzo (that's the algorithm I'm thinking about > using because of fast decompression) if they are compressed so that both > could be handled the same way. > > Could this be done using filters at the delivery stage? If so, could > something similar be applied to decompress the message at read stage (for > POP/IMAP delivery)? > > If it cannot be done with filters, can anyone point me in the right > direction? Where are the file read/write access points in the code? > > Thanks. > > Gordan > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > courier-users mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users > > How about using a filesystem, that includes compression, for the place where you hold your Maildirs? reiser4 should do, because it is designed to cope well with many small files, although I'm not sure what is the compression algorithm used in it, but AFAIK there is compression module...
Just my $0.02. Best regards, -- Plamen Petrov, network administrator Technical College - Silistra, RU "Angel Kantchev" http://tk.ru.acad.bg/ -------------------------------- this message is UTF8 encoded ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
