Best mailstorage for a single user?
Submitted by Steve on Sat 16 Dec 2006
| mbox |
   25% | 103 votes |
| Maildir |
67% | 278 votes |
| Database |
3% | 14 votes |
| Other? |
3% | 14 votes |
| Total 409 votes |
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Posted by Anonymous (82.212.xx.xx) on Sat 16 Dec 2006 at 10:19
There is no reason to rewrite all mails just because there is a new one arriving.
Databases are only good for maintaining the metadata, the mail itself should be stored elsewhere.
cb
Databases are only good for maintaining the metadata, the mail itself should be stored elsewhere.
cb
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As long as I can get at my mail store via IMAP-TLS I'm happy.
mbox is easier deal with but I'm willing to believe that maldir is technically superior. In my case I had mbox files already and Dovecot was happy to deal with them as they were, no messing required.
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"It's Not Magic, It's Work"
Adam
mbox is easier deal with but I'm willing to believe that maldir is technically superior. In my case I had mbox files already and Dovecot was happy to deal with them as they were, no messing required.
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"It's Not Magic, It's Work"
Adam
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Posted by Anonymous (213.164.xx.xx) on Mon 18 Dec 2006 at 10:21
maildir is great, but the single selling point of a database store is the ability to store attachments once. for a big company, this is a plus.
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