On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 08:07:45AM -0500, Josh Smith wrote: > Dear Misc@, > > I have a largeish ( around 10 gb) mail archive stored in a mbox file > and it's starting to get a bit unwieldy to maintain, it's difficult to > search through and etc. With that in mind I was wondering what others > on the list might be doing to maintain their mail archives? > > Would I be better off maintaining this in a maildir? If so what are > my options for conversion? > > Weather or not I keep it in mbox format or convert it to something > else - what sort of tools are out there to break it up into multiple > archives by year or perhaps sender?
Maildir would help with access, at least. There are lots of options for conversion, including your mail client (I *know* mutt can do this.) Have you considered http://sup.rubyforge.org/? I've heard mixed things about it (it's still in beta, and it does have bugs), but it's supposed to handle large volumes of mail well. Similarly, IMAP has a SEARCH extension. Most IMAP servers will keep indices for you, but getting the mail client to issue the proper commands (instead of searching locally) may take some doc-reading. Joachim -- PotD: databases/p5-DBIx-DBSchema - database-independent schema objects http://www.joachimschipper.nl/
