[Maildir] > Beauty of this is that checking for new mail is just a directory > scan. Deleting a message is just an unlink() call. Message > attributes are part of the filename, so the message file doesn't need > to be rewritten all the time. In fact, messages files are never read > or written, except to show their contents to the user.
Care to enlighten us on your filename structure ? It's definitely not stock Maildir, is it ? What IMAP search capabilities would you be able to satisfy, using only these meta-data ? Eric.
