* on the Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 10:52:09AM -0500, Joseph wrote: > What is the preferred format for archived email? > Archived being just a stored copy for potential legal reasons. > > One can use flat files or maildir etc... > > But since this email does not belong to anyone, I was thinking, how > would be the best way to go about getting to this stuff in case it was > needed. > > With flat files, your friend would be grep. With maildir you would need > a mail client, which might be ok, unless we are talking hundreds of > thousands of messages.
You can grep through maildir's just as easily as a mbox formatted file... With maildir's you can more efficiently delete archived mail over a certain age. I use maildir. Mike -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
