"The Great Debate" - POP vs IMAP (fork of Mail Problems)

[j o a r]

On 6 okt 2006, at 00.10, Karl Kuehn wrote:

> Assuming that your filesystem can handle a lot of small files well,  
> maildir usually has a performance benefit, especially when you have  
> multiple clients using the same mailbox.

And don't forget that maildir makes backup of the mailserver _much_  
more efficient!

As a side note, and I assume that most of you know, remember that  
Apple Mail switched from a mbox-like message store to a maildir like  
message store to be able to integrate with Spotlight.

Maildir is all good!

j o a r