Mailbox format

Gedalya gedalya at gedalya.net
Mon Oct 13 23:55:14 UTC 2014


On 10/13/2014 05:29 PM, Jorge Bastos wrote:
> Guys,
>
> Whats the best mailbox format:
> - dbox
Dovecot-specific. Higher performance, saves I/O.
> - mbox
Don't bother.
> - maildir
Simple, compatible, resilient.
> - ?!?
>
> Pros and cons?
>
No short answer is the right answer. Try to thoroughly read 
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MailboxFormat and child pages.



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