31 Jan
2022
31 Jan
'22
12:29 p.m.
Removing or deleting a single message from near the beginning of a large flat file takes an inordinate amount of time because the remainder of the flat file has to be rewritten all the way from the point of the deleted message to the end of the file and then truncated.
maybe why postfix only support maildir++
all other formats is properitary formats
This 'performance statement' is not even correct under some conditions. I have tested mbox against mdbox, and mbox performed better in those tests.