Dave Sill wrote:
>
> Large mbox mailboxes are huge, unwieldy files. Large maildir mailboxes
> are huge, unwieldy directories--most filesystems don't handle them
> efficiently after they grow to a few thousand files.
DEC/Compaq ADVFS handles huge directories without trouble, using
a hashed directory table that grows as needed.
For linux, reiserfs supposedly doesn't care about directory size
as it blurs the directory_entry / file_data distinction.
I should have qmail running over reiserfs any day now, and will give
a report when I do
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David Nicol 816.235.1187 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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