[NBLUG/talk] Opinions: maildir vs mbox

[Mark Street]

I will second that....  I use Kmail 1.5.2 exclusively for my mail with a 
combination of mbox and maildir's without a hitch.  You have a choice when 
you create a new box to create mbox or maildir.  I utilize the nesting 
features of maildir. 

On Thursday 12 June 2003 08:47, Eric Eisenhart wrote:
> Maildir has some advantages over mbox:
> 1) No locking is required for operations, even over NFS.
> 2) opening up your giant mailbox, deleting one message and closing the
> mailbox is much faster.
>
> Maildir does generally seem to be a bit slower to open than mbox format and
> is likely to use more space, as well.  Not much more, but a small
> percentage.

>
> Unless a 1% size difference makes a difference to you, I'd recommend using
> Maildir.  It eliminates the classic locking problems that mbox format has.
> Mbox is more useful if you're, say, sending over the wire to somebody.
>
> And as a practical matter, Maildir allows nesting mailboxes.

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