David Dooling wrote:

>mbox if a single file with messages separated by an empty line with
>each message starting with ``From ''.  The maildir format is
>championed by djb an is a directory with three subdirectories and each
>message is a single file in one of the three subdirectories depending
>on its status.  mbx, championed by UWash, is a single file that is
>indexed (faster) and allows concurrent access but is not safe over
>NFS.
>
>The mailutil utility distributed with pine can convert mbox to mbx.
>
>  http://www.gsp.com/cgi-bin/man.cgi?section=1&topic=mailutil
>
>  
>
Thanks, David. That is what I found out as well. You have stated the
differences very succinctly here.

I'll give this one a try.

But since I am using imapd from UWash, do you think I should go with
MAILDIR or mbx? I might later replace UW with Cyrus, Courier or
whatever. Mainly, I am looking for a grand performance boost.

Thanks.

Ed

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