Re: maildir vs. mbox vs. mh ???

[Cameron Matheson <cmatheson3@hotpop.com>]

Hi,

On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 08:00:52PM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> Well, you can tar and compress a maildir, and then it only takes 1, same
> as an mbox.  That works fine for archiving, though is not as convenient
> for active mailboxes.  I also don't really buy that a maildir is
> difficult to back up (especially if you tar.(gz|bz2) it).  I like using
> maildirs mostly because mbox feels like a dirty hack, with the whole
> "From " thing.  I also like the increased scriptability using standard
> GNU tools like grep to find and process individual messages, instead of
> having to use some sort of mbox-parsing perl module.

What do you mean by the "From "-thing?  I have always just used mbox
because that is what fetchmail puts my mail into but this thread has
aroused my interest in maildir... Can i use maildir w/ fetchmail/exim?
If not, how does one get maildir, and what are the technical advantages?

Thanks,
Cameron Matheson