Re: Advantages/disadvantages of various mbox types

[Hendrik Mangels <mangels@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kumar Appaiah (2005-07-12, 13:24):
> Are there any advantages of using maildir over mbox? I
> understand that maildir folders need not be locked when
> procmail etc. write into it, since file names don't clash, and
> that is an advantage. But when I converted my mbox'es to
> maildirs, the space occupied was almost 50% more.

http://wiki.mutt.org/index.cgi?MuttFaq/Maildir
http://cr.yp.to/proto/maildir.html
http://www.courier-mta.org/mbox-vs-maildir/

Hendrik