On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 13:56, Rex Dieter wrote:
> > yes indeedy - default compatible-but-horribly-slow mbox format would be
> > an accurate description.
>
> When we changed from mbox to mbx mailbox format, we saw much improved
> performance too (better file locking and seek-times primarily). I would
> venture to guess the improvement in the same ballpark as when you
> switched to cyrus-imapd (which uses MailDir format, I believe, which has
> similar benefits)
No, cyrus has it's own unique format and a delivery agent that
must be used to support it. Dovecot can use MailDir though, and
you can deliver that with procmail which you probably are already
using.
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Les Mikesell
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