[Dovecot] Configuration file changes in CVS

Andreas Aardal Hanssen dovecot at andreas.hanssen.name
Fri Jul 11 15:06:54 EEST 2003


On Fri, 11 Jul 2003, Matthias Andree wrote:
>Andreas Aardal Hanssen <dovecot at andreas.hanssen.name> writes:
>> I totally disagree with you here. What is lost with backups is gained in 
>> overall load on your system.
>> I know for a _fact_ (my own personal experience) that there are large free
>> email providers that use Maildir for this very purpose.
>Either you've lost me or we're talking past each other. I prefer
>Maildir, in case that isn't clear. I've heard too much whining about
>mbox corruption to care any longer about mbox format. It may work for
>static archives, but it'd best be accompanied by a useful index in that
>case, to avoid the recurring search "where is my <CR><LF>From<SP> line".

Whooh - my bad. :P

Andy

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