Quoting plug bert ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Is there a preferred fs for maildirs, where you end up with lots of > small files and folders, as opposed to one big file?
(Warning: The text below answers your question in a roundabout way. Sorry.) There are, as you realise, tradeoffs. Options are: mbox, Maildir, and mh. You might (rarely) encounter MMDF message stores, but they're obsolescent. (I could swear there was at least one other message format common among 'nixes, but can't find it in my notes.) The good news is that -- contrary to what you're likely to hear -- you're free to use any MTA you please (sendmail, exim, postfix, qmail, courier-mta), but just specifying an MDA (mail delivery agent) capable of writing to the message-store format of your choosing. For example, the procmail MDA can be compiled to support any of the three common mailbox formats. You also potentially face the issue of ensuring that your mail user agents (MUAs) all can read that mailbox. Some information is here: http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/linux-info/applications-muas.html As to which is "fastest", I'm not even going to go there. I'm sure it's a lot like comparisons of journaling filesystems: Some are faster at some operations, others at different operations. I'm sure you'll hear lots of opinions, but you might end up having to do your own comparisons. Speaking of which, there are of course _other_ points of comparison, too: If you have your message stores NFS-mounted, then mbox is not a good option, for example (concurrency problems). Whereas, Maildir and mh are differing implementations of the single-message-per-file idea. -- Cheers, "I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate Rick Moen those who do. And, for the people who like country music, [EMAIL PROTECTED] denigrate means 'put down'." -- Bob Newhart _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
