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List:       kdepim-users
Subject:    Re: [kdepim-users] Kmail suggestions
From:       Scott Kitterman <kde () kitterman ! com>
Date:       2006-10-05 3:14:25
Message-ID: 200610042314.25215.kde () kitterman ! com
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On Wednesday 04 October 2006 18:18, Richard wrote:
> On Wednesday 04 October 2006 5:15 pm, Scott Kitterman wrote:
> > +1
> >
> > maildir is an industry standard and leaves the mail store available to be
> > searched or manipulated using standard file system tools.
> >
> > maildir is one of the main reasons I chose Kmail when I switched to
> > Linux.
> >
> > Scott K
>
> Okay, that is true, but the real problem comes in for those
> people whom have 500,000 plus emails, searching becomes slow or slower..
> fitering is very slow, switch folder comes to a drag.
>
> I have around 680,000 emails that I am moving around.
> and maildir is not working out..

OK.  I understand somebody like you needs something else, but that's not the 
typical use case.  I recently convinced someone on Kubuntu-users to switch 
from Thurnderbird to Kmail based on Mbox being so much slower to deal with 
than Maildir.  He had, IIRC, about 50,000 messages and was thrilled with 
Maildir.

I think it's a wonderful idea for people who want a database data store to 
have that option, but please don't take away my maildir.  I spent to many 
hours extracting all my mail archives from Outlook's clutches when I migrated 
from WIndows to Linux to ever allow my mail to get sucked into a non-standard 
mail store again.

Scott K
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