Re: [Exim] Compress file patch

Justo Alonso wrote:

> Hi,
> attach a patch to exim-4.24 to add support to compress the mailbox file.
>
> It add one boolean option to appendfile transport (compress_file).
>
> If your format is maildir, compress the new file (important to use maildir_tag
> to controle the quota)
>
> If your format is mbox, open the compressed file and add the new mail at the
> end.
>
> I probe it in maildir format, and work fine (for me).
>
> Need test in other format (mbox, store, bsmtp, etc....).

For mbox this sounds risky to me, for maildir it's a waste of ressources.

Which imap/pop-servers are able to read these files? Is there a
standard-flag for compressed maildirs?

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