On Thu, 2007-07-19 at 17:24 -0400, Charles Marcus wrote: > On 7/19/2007, Timo Sirainen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >> Is this going to initially be just for attachments? Or for the > >> entire message (not a big deal if it is only attachments, as it is > >> attachments I'm mostly concerned about)? > > > I think I'll make the dbox format itself support both, but at least > > initially it's done only for attachments. > > By the way... it just occurred to me... > > We are talking about Single Instance Storage across the entire > namespace, not just on a per dbox file, right?
There will be a configurable location for the storage, so typically you'd set it to same with all users so all users' all dboxes use it. > >> Will conversion of an existing mail store take place automatically > >> (as users are converted to dbox), or will there be a migration tool > >> of some kind? > > > Convert plugin can be used to do that. I was thinking about making > > maildir -> dbox conversion superfast by allowing the maildir files be > > used directly as dbox files. Only when some dbox metadata needs to be > > written the file will have to be rewritten into dbox format. > > Interesting - so they would auto-self-convert only when necessary? Yep.
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