Dave Sill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Fri, 12 May 2000:
> Deleting a message from an mbox requires reading the entire file and
> writing it all back out, except for the deleted message. Deleting a
> message from a maildir only requires unlinking the file containing the
> message. Again, updating the mbox requires locking.
Actually, to be specific, if the client is smart only the part from the
deleted email onwards need to be written out. If you delete the last
message from an mbox folder, the file only needs to be truncated.
Mikko
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