Re: [9fans] Scaleable mail repositories.

[jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com]

Spot on, Ron.

And remember, whatever new scheme wins, it still has to be
able to read my 20+ years of mbox format messages too.

--jim

On Mon Oct 31 10:02:13 EST 2005, rminnich@lanl.gov wrote:
> Fco. J. Ballesteros wrote:
> > It's easy to write file servers, but that does not mean that it's the
> > right way to proceed. IMHO, if you want to see your mail as files, and
> > you have a file server, it's easier to store the mail in that format. All
> > the code necessary to handle your storage and index structure becomes
> > fossil/venti, and all that has to be done is to convert from the mbox format
> > into your preferred archival format, and to feed upas with input messages
> > for sending. Isn't this more simple and powerful? Or are you thinking of
> > something else that is best done using the existing format?
> 
> 
> just run mh 'scan' on 1000 files and make it as fast as the old 'msg' 
> utility (which I went to from mh) and I'll buy it. MH got so painfully 
> slow for me that I couldn't take it.
> 
> But, hey, implement it and let's see .
> 
> no need to argue.
> 
> ron