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On Sat, 07 Oct 2017 19:11:42 +0200, J. Roeleveld wrote: |
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> > > mdbox? Is this a single file per mail folder? |
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> > It's multiple mails per file and multiple files per mailbox. |
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> > > The main reason I switched to maildir several decades ago was |
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> > > precisely the issues (by design) mbox has. |
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> > > A single corrupted email WILL kill the entire folder. |
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> > https://wiki2.dovecot.org/MailboxFormat/dbox |
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> Interesting, but I still consider multiple emails inside a single file |
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> a recepy for disaster. |
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It increases the risk, but by how much? The wiki page doesn't give any |
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indication of how many mails are stored in each file. Is is 5 mails per |
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file or 5 files per mailbox? |
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> The following is another cause for concern: |
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> "This also means that you must not lose the dbox index files, they |
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> can't be regenerated without data loss. " |
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I was concerned about that but further reading indicates that these files |
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hold only metadata. You may lose information on which mails have been |
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read or flagged but the mails are still there. |
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It also adds complication at the MDA level as procmail and friends can't |
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simply save the mail in a directory. On the other hand, Dovecot is mature |
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and well used software to these concerns have probably already been |
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addressed somewhere. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Blessed be the pessimist for he hath made backups. |
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