Re: IMAP is teh r0x0rz! [was: Re: getting copies of own posted messages; was: Re: ??: Stunned by aptitude.]
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On 07/13/08 04:14, Steve Lamb wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
>> Maybe it's because I keep d-u messages is semi-annual history
>> folders so directories never get above 10,000 files, but what
>> problems do Maildirs have?
>
>> Needing to open many files instead of one?
>
> Needing to deal with that many files in any capacity, ever. I've
> had the displeasure of being the administrator of a qmail setup that
> would accept all mail (smtp-time rejection, what's that!?) then filter
> then generate bounces to bogus email addresses in spam. Yeah, 50,000
> maildir queues that take 20 minutes to stat are no fun. That pretty
> much swore me off that idiotic idea.
That's qmail's fault, not that of Maildir.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
"Kittens give Morbo gas. In lighter news, the city of New New
York is doomed."
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