Hi, Using maildir format is very wise. Some users will put thousands of messages into one mail folder. Many of these messages will be big. If you use one file to store all the messages of one mail folder, access times are slow. In fact, they can be sufficiently slow that the user will give up part way through, and then ....
If you use the maildir format, access times are independant of the number of messages in the folder. Access times become quick. Further, for maildir format, use a file system like ext3, which speeds up access to individual files. Derek. ============================================ On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, C Falconer wrote: > On Wed, 2003-06-18 at 09:38, Hamish McBrearty wrote: > > Hi all > > > > I've been running a Postfix server at home for a while now quite > > successfully, however I use Evolution to pull my mail directly out of my > > mbox. I'd love to add IMAP functionality to my server, but I'm not quite > > sure where to start. RPMDrake lists three imap servers availible, Courier, > > Binc and Cyrus. Which is the easiest to set up? Are there any gotchas I > > should know before I try this? > > Word from the wise (or at least the "just been there")... > mailutils-imap4d is a festering crock that doesn't understand the > concept of locks, and quite happily munted my mbox file. > > I've now got exim as MTA, courier-imapd, and squirrelmail for webmail > access. I don't allow pop3, but bolting in courier-pop3 shouldn't be > hard. > > The best thing to do is to use maildir format rather than mbox. Mbox > uses one long text file with "from [EMAIL PROTECTED]" as a delimiter, whereas maildir > makes ~/Maildir/ and stores each individual mail and folder as files and > directories. Much cooler and far more reliable. > > > > > -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/
