Re: Folder Format for my setup

[Raffi Khatchadourian <khatchad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have a question relating to this one. I've recently switched from mbox
to maildir and I've noticed that, while the performance seems better,
the amount of exposed message headers has drastically increased. Any
idea why and how to get it back to the mbox normal amount?

On Wed  9.May'07 at 21:40:23 -0300, Cleverson wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I've read about Mbox and Maildir at the Mutt wiki. I'd apreciate more
> personal opinions on which format could be better for my case in
> particular:
>
> I've just installed Gentoo Linux and now I intend to setup a mail
> system with Mutt. My CPU is an AMD Sempron 1500 mhz, 256 RAM. My
> filesystem is ReiserFS 3.6.
>
> Usually, I receive about 20 to 60 messages per day, depending on how
> active I am at mailing lists.
>
> I'd like to know, for example, wheter there are features that don't
> exist or don't work well with one of the two folder formats, if one of
> them have theoretically better performance in general, what is the
> best format to manage messages (move, copy, save...), either using
> Mutt or other programs.
>
> Is it true that Maildir has better performance while loading folders?
> And about file corruption consequences for each one?  Many thanks
>
> Cleverson