On Sat, 2023-09-30 at 14:43 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 9/30/23 14:40, Joe Zeff wrote: > > On 09/30/2023 03:18 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > > As far as I know, there aren't any options for local storage. > > > > If you use POP3 as I do, all mail is stored in local storage. You > > can > > have it left on the server so that you can download it onto another > > box, > > but you don't have to. > > I mean there are no options for what type of storage Thunderbird uses > for local storage. It only has the format Mozilla has always used, > which I think is something like mbox with an index. That explains the "compacting". Mbox has one file per mail folder, and leaves holes when mails are deleted, so the mbox file doesn't actually shrink until it's copied and renamed, i.e. "compacted". This can cause issues with locking, especially if the mbox is on a remote mount. Maildir is a better solution which has no locking issues and doesn't require compacting. I'm sure you know all this, but others may not. poc _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
