Re: switching from mbox to maildir in mutt, exim, etc.: how?
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On 10/28/06 10:14, Paul E Condon wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 28, 2006 at 09:59:09AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
>>> On 10/27/06 16:25, Paul E Condon wrote:
>>>> I'm looking at my system backups and notice that there is
>>>> some clutter form mbox files being updated almost daily. I
>>>> think the clutter would be reduced by switching to maildir
>>>> (true?), but I wonder about other consequences of such a
>>>> switch. In particular, when I google the topic of how to
>>>> switch, I find only people asking the question, and some
>>>> comment to the effect 'why bother?', but no answers. Is it
>>>> a bad idea for reasons which I have not yet fathomed? Where
>>>> can I find a recent HOWTO that adresses Debian issues, if
>>>> it is not bad?
> You could implement IMAP. Courier- and Doveccot both support
> Maildir.
>
> However, I'm not sure what you mean by /clutter/. Constantly
> rewriting the mbox file keeps the fs busy, and might cause file
> conflicts. OTOH, Maildir creates one (weirdly-named) file per
> mail message. That *really* clutters up your data directory!!!
>
>> Thanks for the warning. Knowing this, I think I don't really
>> want to switch.
I don't see any problems, since I (almost) never go into my Maildir/
to peek around. That's what my MUA (and scripting languages) is for.
> That being said, I implemented an IMAP server, and am more than
> happy with it.
Just now? Wow.
Or are you populating using your MUA?
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
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For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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