Does anyone know why? I have read the UW position on it being more susceptible to file corruption, however the argument for maildirs is that they aren't as susceptible to this corruption because you aren't storing all your mail in one big file or even a few big files perhaps representing your folders.
--Nick Mark Crispin wrote: > On Wed, 04 Sep 2002 14:25:57 -0600, Nick Couchman wrote: > > Well, I got the server compiled and everything, but now I have another > > question. I am running Postfix (instead of sendmail) and using maildirs > > instead of the traditional Unix file. Is there any way to us the > > UW Imap server with maildirs and if so, how? > > As distributed, the UW server does not support maildir. > > There are third-party maildir drivers for the c-client library on the qmail > web site which effectively add maildir support in the UW server. Note that > these maildir drivers are not supported by UW, so if you need support you will > need to contact the supplier of the driver. -- You can't make a difference until you are willing to be different. -- Nick Couchman SEAKR Engineering 6221 South Racine Circle Centennial, CO 80111 Desk: (303) 784-7724 Main: (303) 790-8499 Fax: (303) 790-8720
