Juri Haberland wrote:
> 
> First I would suggest using e.g. Courier-Imapd, which uses the maildir
> format instead of the mbox format.

I'd suggest using Cyrus. It's a pain to grok the first time around, once 
you do work it out, it's okay. Cyrus uses it's own indexed mailbox 
format, so it is blazingly fast: access to and operations on my 26,000 
message trash folder is still quite perky even on the old 486DX2-66 
which acts as my mail server.

> 
> Second, disk speed is also a main factor.
> 

Seconded. ;) I only ever use SCSI disks. As a general rule, they are 
fast and reliable - I'm using 1 and 2Gb disks purchased up to 10 years 
ago, and they're still working fine and more than fast enough.

Mike.

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Mike Gratton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <http://web.vee.net/>
"Every motive escalate."


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