Ondrej Sury writes: > Bruno Prior wrote: > > (d) How important is it that I use maildir rather than mbox format? All > > the info on the qmail sites seems to imply that it's very important, but > > is maildir really necessary for my meager needs? And would it be more > > complicated to use than mbox files? > > No, it is not important. You have to use Maildir format only if you > want to use qmail-pop3d. Or if you care about reliability. If a process dies while delivering a message to an mbox, the mbox becomes corrupted. Maildir is not corruptible, if used correctly. Maildir also has no need for file locking. paul
