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List:       imap
Subject:    Re: [Imap-use] Inbox as Directory
From:       Guy Dawson <guy () crossflight ! co ! uk>
Date:       2006-02-08 15:15:11
Message-ID: 43EA0AFF.2030506 () crossflight ! co ! uk
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Mark Crispin wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Feb 2006, Guy Dawson wrote:
>> Matt Hersant wrote:
>>> I post a question regarding this last month.  I have researched the mx
>>> format.
>> I assume you mean mbx format.
> 
> No, he probably meant mx format, which is also supported by UW IMAP.

Ah. I type corrected.

> It's a one-file/one-message format, with each mailbox being a 
> directory.  Associated with it is an index that holds the flags.  The 
> UID is derived from the file names, and the internaldate and rfc822.size 
> are derived from stat().

Which would explaine the comment about efficient backups. It makes
incremental backups useful - the new 1KB mx message file gets backedup
rather than the 1GB mbx INBOX file it's just been added to.

> mx and was developed at about the same time as mbx format.  However, 
> performance tests on UNIX were disappointing, and I gave up further work 
> on it.  However, mx may work alright on Linux.

We went mbx 4 years ago and I've not looked at mailbox formats since.

Guy
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Guy Dawson                    I.T. Manager              Crossflight Ltd
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