difference between mbox and maildir?

[Mikhail Goriachev]

Vulpes Velox wrote:
> On Sun, 28 May 2006 14:50:05 -0800
> "Noah" <admin2 at enabled.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi there,
>>
>> might somebody send me to a website that explains the differnce
>> between mbox and maildir?  Or maybe you can just explain the
>> differences in a response.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbox
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maildir
> 
> Maildir is your friend. Mbox likes to blow up. The only nice thing
> about mbox is it only uses a single inode.

Yep, maildir is the way to go. Incremental backups are easier with it as
well.

Cheers,
Mikhail.

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