Eric Smith wrote:
> So is this indeed supported for mbox?

Sorry, hcache is only implemented for pop, imap, maildir, and mh.

> What is the reason for this?

I think the hcache helps to alleviate network latency (pop/imap) and for
opening and closing thousands of files (maildir/mh).  With mbox, I guess
the designers thought there wouldn't be that much of a speed improvement
because it's just a sequential read of a single file.

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