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Re: Sendmail problems with large mailboxes
On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, Ariel Biener wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, Matan Ziv-Av wrote:
>
> > Why? should I divide the linux-kernel to multiple folders so that
> > searches will be less easy? There is no problem with 200MB or 20GB
> > databases.
>
> A text mailbox is not a database. Try to remember that not all imap and
> pop servers know how to deal with a distributed mailbox (like qmails
> maildir). You do want to have users read e-mail I hope.
What is a mail folder if not a database? Choosing to represent this
database in a flat file is a good choice in some situations, and bad in
some others (as it is in this case).
Of course you need to install servers that understand maildir
format. Once you do, the pop and imap _clients_ that your users use
don't care a bit. Except for the fact that they can delete message
56789 from the mail folder with 250000 messages within a second.
> > > 2). Running a mail server where performance is an issue on a 5400rpm ide
> > > disk is not a wise choice.
> >
> > With the correct software a 486 with an ISA ide drive can be a perfectly
> > good mail server (and not require 5 minutes for handling large mail
> > folders).
>
> I beg to differ. This is just a sendmail vs. others argument, and
> otherwise BS. Try to deal with the question at hand, instead of beginning
> another religious war.
>
> Yes, you hate sendmail.
I don't know anything about sendmail. I guess adding maildir support to
sendmail is not very hard (for example, by using procmail for the local
delivery is concerned). Once you do that, it is as good as qmail for the
purpose discussed. It will work without problem on a 486.
--
Matan Ziv-Av. matan@svgalib.org
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