[Novalug] thinking about switching to maildir

[Jay Hart]

> On Tue, Apr 03, 2012 at 12:45:21PM -0400, The Doctor wrote:
>> > i have nearly 5GB of old mail i don't want to lose.  i also use
>> > symlinks on my mailboxes so that different names point to the same
>> > mbox file.  i want to continue doing this.  for instance:
>>
>> I have no idea how you made that work.  You wrote that you use mutt as
>> your MUA sometimes; do you have it configured to reference the mbox
>> file directly?
>
> i use mutt exclusively as my MUA.  my wife uses IMAP and apple mail.
> i like having files that i can search through using normal linux
> utilities (e.g. grep, ls)
>
>> I think you'll find Maildirs a bit faster (because the IMAP server
>> won't have to sequentially page through a huge file to find messages)
>> and more reliable (more eggs, more baskets).
>
> i've heard that searches will be slower?
>

Your searches will be MUCH faster than outlook, trust me!!!!

Seriously,  Been running postfix, dovecot, and maildir for years.  Rock solid,
no issues, searches complete pretty quickly.

Jay


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