Re: [Nolug] Community project: Mail/web server for Mischa DAY THREE

From: Jonathan Schwehm <jonathan_at_figstreet.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 19:39:04 -0600
Message-Id: <F949A154-3126-11D9-BEC9-000393AF28A4@figstreet.com>

Oh yeah, that's right. The system I was using had legacy mbox storage,
which courier was delivering to. Thanks for clearing that up in my
mind, though.

Jonathan

On Sunday, November 7, 2004, at 07:08 PM, Mark A. Hershberger wrote:

> Jonathan Schwehm wrote:
>
>> I think when using courier imap, your mail stores will be a single
>> (possibly large) file. So keep this in mind when you select your
>> filesystem. I could be wrong, but that's what I remember.
>
> Courier uses the maildir format -- each message is kept as a seperate
> file. This is different than the mbox format (which you seem to be
> talking about) where a mailbox is one large file containing all the
> messages. Last I checked, UW IMAP used that format.
>
> Mark.
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