Bug#109171: Use Maildir format by default

[Marco d'Itri <md@Linux.IT>]

On Aug 19, Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron-office.nl> wrote:

 >>(it usually is not, and it definitely is not for 
 >>tipical POP servers).
 >Still, deleting messages from a mbox-style mailbox means copying
 >the entire mailbox usually at least twice. That can cause a heavy
A tipical POP user downloads and deletes all messages every time.

 >load on your mailserver. Also it is nessecary to scan the entire
 >mbox at startup - readdir() is usually faster (if you skip the stat())
In my experience mutt is faster using mbox than maildir on my 300-500 KB
inbox.

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ciao,
Marco