> Dave Sill (Fri 12.0500-11:24):
> "Michael Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >We're currently looking at mail solutions for our online email
> >system, and we've hit against an interesting conundrum. We were
> >wondering what the advantages are to listing mail messages as
> >individual files over a spool file?
>
> The choice is file-per-mailbox (a la mbox) or file-per-message (a la
> maildir).
>
> They each have their pros and cons, of course.
you should also consider the pros for maildir in a nfs environment, where
filelocking might not work correctly.
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clemens [EMAIL PROTECTED]
