Using unix mail with maildir format

[Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC]

On Jul 5, 2005, at 12:08 AM, dick hoogendijk wrote:

> What are the pro's and cons for/against both mail standards?
> Won't the maildir format with all this separate mails not be more
> difficult to maintain?

In what way more difficult to maintain?

maildir makes backups "easier" as incrmental backups truly are  
incremental.  With standard mbox format the whole thing is backed up  
every time if any new mail has come or mail downloaded, etc.  There  
are various performance reasons for maildir as well.  Try Google. I  
am sure you will find a whole ton of stuff comparing the two.

Chad


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