maildir v mbox (Re: [Dovecot] UW-IMAP -> Dovecot : patch to remove nasty "internal messages" from UW-IMAP ?)

[Charlie Brady]

On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 wired at linfe.it wrote:

> >From Timo Sirainen, Feb 25:
>  >I don't really recommend using Dovecot with mbox at the moment. I'll
>  >probably add support for "folder internal data" messages for rewritten
>  >mbox support.
> 
> Well, i am using mbox currently. My mails are at risk?
> Should i switch to maildir? 

(IMO) yes. Maildir is an inherently more reliable format. In many cases it 
is also more efficient.

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Charlie

A: Because we read from top to bottom, left to right.
Q: Why should i start my reply below the quoted text?