Re: The UNIX/Linux representative at Monday's Netscape compile..

[Raul Miller <rdm@test.legislate.com>]

Sudhakar Chandrasekharan <thaths@netscape.com> wrote:
> Stephen Carpenter wrote:
> > SO let me get this straight....they store BOTH my uncompressed..standard, unix
> > mailbox format messages AND
> > a compressed version of the same thing in the same directory??
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > am I the only one who thinks that that is a massive waste?
> 
> I am not privy to the reasons for going with this approach.

I'd guess that the compressed version is a backup, so you have less
risk of loosing all your data should something go wrong.

-- 
Raul


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