Hmmm...sounds like the old Unix mdir vs mbox debate. :)
Imail uses the equivalent of "mbox", where all messages
are stored concatenated in a single file. File locking
is a real issue. Disk storage requirements can be
greatly reduced, however.
Mdir stores every message as a separate file. It's
widely used on 'nix systems because it eliminates the
multiple access issues and file locking conflicts when
using NFS. (No more "message sequence has changed"
errors!) On the other hand, inboxes with hundreds or
thousands of small messages can chew up prodigious
amounts of disk space.
Properly optimized, either systems can give excellent
performance. But I too lean toward mdir because of the
many advantages not having to lock the entire mailbox
during writes.
Dev
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Dev Anand MCSE,CCNA,A+
Network Manager
Biomorphic VLSI, Inc.
Westlake Village, CA 91362
dev_at_biomorphic_dot_com
pcpro_at_vcnet_dot_com
Sunday, December 29, 2002, 4:07:15 PM, you wrote:
DG> I agree... maybe this will change one day :)
>> I say that keeping all messages in one (text-based) MBX file is a pretty
DG> poor design.
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