<quote who="Germ?n Gutierrez"> > Jeff, > please share the cons/pros with us
The following document provides a good analysis of why Maildir was more appropriate to Courier IMAP's general audience and tasks (the SELECT.1 benchmarks are telling): http://www.courier-mta.org/mbox-vs-maildir/ To me, the differences can be summarised as a compromise between random access, speed and memory. On my server (I use Postfix and Courier IMAP), Maildir provides very fast random access to email, low memory usage, and no locking/access issues. On my desktop machine I use mbox because my usage patterns and requirements lean towards the use of massive, searchable mail folders and little interest in saving memory. Once the mailboxes are open, access is enormously fast. I have no serious locking issues, because it's just me and procmail writing to the mboxes. I don't think either system is ultimately (or religiously) the best, because they're appropriate for different uses. Our role as technology providers is to analyse these choices, rather than defend them. :-) - Jeff -- "Evil will always triumph over good, because good is dumb." - Dark Helmet, Spaceballs
