Thank you for the responses!
I recognize that my measuring is limited, I guess my only questions was the one about
the new mail in a folder ... I was expecting constant access times (i.e. not based on
number of messages in the folder) but I wasn't seeing that ... as time progresses & I
transfer more users over to maildirs, I'm sure I'll notice some of the other factors
mentioned here.
Regards,
Brice Ruth
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> > The Point: I'm not noticing a considerable speed increase ... moreover,
>
> How about relative load on the server?
>
> There's a lot of factors to consider in this regard. Possibly the code
> that handled v7 mailboxes scans the whole mailbox at startup and retains
> pointers directly into an open file. A Maildir scanner most likely retains
> the filenames which must be opened each time.
>
> > I'm not noticing there being no corrolation between the number of
> > messages in a folder and the time it takes to access a new message (this
> > ought to be constant, right ... if you have 50 message or 2500 messages
> > in that folder shouldn't matter, right?) ...
> >
> > What's going on here that I'm missing and was I crazy to transfer my
> > mail systems from mbox to maildir??
>
> What you need to do is measure the complete picture. System load, response times,
> network traffic, maintenance (such as purging aged messages) etc. Also if the
> profile of the mail changes, that can affect a lot of things too, for example,
> what if the mailbox has a small number of very large messages, does your performance
> profile change? Typically Maildir gains as the average message size grows.
>
> But, it's very much an "it depends" situation. I'd be very surprised if you've
> lost by changing over, so don't sweat it too much.
>
> Regards.
