Jason Pyeron wrote:
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From: Les Mikesell
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 12:28
Subject: Re: Converting to maildir
On 1/4/2011 10:00 AM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
Many people care about storage format.
And they are misguided in doing so. Details of message
storage is
an internal [server's] problem.
So how do you suggest solving that problem when it is in
fact a problem?
You're missing the point of my objection.
The point doesn't matter. Solving the problem does. And you
probably can't solve it without knowing how things work.
That the server is slow or difficult to manage [which
includes backup]
is the issue - not that it uses MBOX [regardless of that its use of
MBOX is the root of the *server's* issue].
Thinking of it in terms of messages-storage-format is misguided [I
only mention it because I see the MBOX/MH/Maildir/Maildir++/etc...
debate frequently]. This represents, IMO, a flawed
approach to the problem.
Yes, you could solve it by ignoring the related physics and
throwing infinite resources at it - if you have infinite
amounts of money. Or you could do a sysadmin's job and
understand the physical constraints and optimize the results
you can get from them.
Migration to a new solutions [an IMAP server] that provides better
performance / management is the fix. Incidently, it will almost
certainly not use MBOX.
Odd that you would mention that, just after saying you
shouldn't care...
And in fact, some servers (e.g. dovecot) may handle more
Thank you. http://wiki.dovecot.org/MailboxFormat/Maildir
I am now going to look for a setup guide of procmail->Maildir->dovecot on
RHEL/Centos
I used the centos wiki guides and they are GREAT - thanks to the team
that put them together.
than one storage format, leaving it up to the admin to choose
which is best.
If you are 'manually' crawling around in your message-store [the
*only* case where you'd actually care much about storage format]
indicates something else it wrong [as well].
Your backup system will most certainly be crawling around
your message store.
-Jason
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