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On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 02:20:04PM +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: |
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> j.romildo@×××××.com wrote: |
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> > |
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> > I have several mbox mail folders with messages delivered by |
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> > procmail. |
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> Why do you use mbox, if I may ask? |
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I use mbox because it offers better search performance when the search |
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is done in the body of messages: only one file (the mbox file) has to be |
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read to perform the search. Such a search would be much less efficient |
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on a mail folder where each message is stored in a separate file. And |
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the primary reason I keep archives of mailing list messages is for easy |
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search. Most mailing lists are archived on the internet, but searching |
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them locally is much more flexible if done locally than on the web. Of |
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corse I archive my private messages too. Furthermore mbox folders can be |
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easily stored in compressed forms (using gzip, for instance) and good |
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mail clients can read them that way. I also consider the number of files |
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an advantage, as mail folders where each message is stored in its own |
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file would create a very big number of files on my scenario with many |
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messages being archived. |
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Romildo |
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