Odhiambo WASHINGTON wrote:
BTW, I don't understand why people still use mbox format :-( Sorry, I know this might result in flames, but I'd appreciate any good reasons to use mbox, especially a RTFM, if possible.
Some of us are running systems with a strong legacy influence on them. That means MBOX is the mail format of choice because all the tools (custom or otherwise) that have been deployed all expect MBOX format. Additionally, doing the changeover on a live system is not particularly pleasant when you simply cannot just knock the system offline for a few hours while you make the changeover in a controlled manner.
Additionally, because MBOX is working and has been working for years without signficant problems and the problems that do occur are well understood by the admins here, I cannot justify the time to make the changeover on existing systems. Especially since there are things to do which actually provide a more noticeable improvement to 99% of my users.
This is my reason for running MBOX.
The other reason a lot run MBOX is that it is simply the default for mail delivery on many systems.
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