Re: DB mail

[Hans du Plooy <koffiejunkielistlurker@koffiejunkie.za.net>]

On Wed, 2006-09-20 at 08:54 +1000, Craig Sanders wrote:
> IMO, a database is a bad match for the task of storing mail. it adds
> greatly to the complexity without adding significant benefits to
> compensate - and with complexity comes greater risk of problems.
That thought has been lingering in my mind too...

> store the mailboxes in a filesystem that doesn't slow down with
> thousands of files in one directory - i.e. NOT ext2fs or ext3fs. xfs or
> reiserfs are fine.
I'm already on Reiser.   I think, all things considered, Cyrus is
probably the solution.

Thanks for your reply

Hans