13 Feb
2006
13 Feb
'06
4:09 a.m.
Ropetin wrote:
The big question I have is, is there a realistic maximum realistic folder size, either in reference to number of messages or total file size with Dovecot?
The main question is your intended mail folder format - mbox or maildir?
Each have various tradeoffs (mbox better for huge numbers of read-only msgs, maildir better for huge but actively changing folders). Dovecot doesn't (afaict) conveniently support mixed folder format (except for the special case of INBOX).
I personally run with several Gb of Maildir, with folders of 20k+ messages (my spam folder :<) and Dovecot has never been a problem..... pity I can't say the same about Thunderbird :<