On 30 Jan 2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The question is: how many maildirs per directory is a good idea?
Others have pointed out the file system is a critical component here. I wanted to mention that when you go over 300-500 entries per directory, simple shell commands start failing because you exceed the command line limit. Also, it's much harder to take a look at a problem directory quickly. You can just use the first letters of the user name, that's a pretty popular scheme: 1 level: k/karolis t/tzz 2 levels: k/ka/karolis t/tz/tzz and so on... The advantage is that you'll get a fairly even distribution, and you know exactly where to find any user's Maildir (with numeric subdirectories, you have to hunt for it or keep a database). Ted
