-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 10/27/06 16:25, Paul E Condon wrote: > I'm looking at my system backups and notice that there is some clutter > form mbox files being updated almost daily. I think the clutter would > be reduced by switching to maildir (true?), but I wonder about other > consequences of such a switch. In particular, when I google the topic > of how to switch, I find only people asking the question, and some > comment to the effect 'why bother?', but no answers. Is it a bad idea > for reasons which I have not yet fathomed? Where can I find a recent > HOWTO that adresses Debian issues, if it is not bad?
You could implement IMAP. Courier- and Doveccot both support Maildir. However, I'm not sure what you mean by /clutter/. Constantly rewriting the mbox file keeps the fs busy, and might cause file conflicts. OTOH, Maildir creates one (weirdly-named) file per mail message. That *really* clutters up your data directory!!! That being said, I implemented an IMAP server, and am more than happy with it. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFQ3A9S9HxQb37XmcRAlJLAJ9sLOGryX5+8jxWm3fYtvK1ALPndwCfRrNV mHw2geTboC/a78z8KuVqs1k= =sa5V -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]