Re: [Exim] maildir Vs. mbox

On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Dave C. wrote:

> Is anyone aware of a format which maintains one 'index' or 'headers'
> file, but them keeps the data for messages in one file per
> message?
>
> This type of format would make displaying an index fast, becuase all
> you have to do is read the index file, and also deleting individual
> messages fast, becuase you would only be updating the (smaller) index
> file, and unlinking the data file(s). At the very least this would be a
> good compromise between mbox and maildir.


Uhhh... Cyrus? Been mentioned on this list many, many times over the
years. See the archives, and the manual.

Tom