From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_12_24 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 9273 invoked from network); 7 Feb 2021 11:15:47 -0000 Received: from 1ess.inri.net (216.126.196.35) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 7 Feb 2021 11:15:47 -0000 Received: from wopr.sciops.net ([216.126.196.60]) by 1ess; Sat Feb 6 06:36:27 -0500 2021 Received: (qmail 7584 invoked by uid 1001); 6 Feb 2021 03:35:43 -0800 Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2021 03:35:43 -0800 From: Kurt H Maier To: 9front@9front.org Message-ID: Mail-Followup-To: 9front@9front.org References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-ID: <9front.9front.org> List-Help: X-Glyph: ➈ X-Bullshit: DOM realtime ORM over SOAP general-purpose proxy lifecycle-based shader database Subject: Re: [9front] maildir history Reply-To: 9front@9front.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, Feb 06, 2021 at 11:10:08AM +0000, Steve Simon wrote: > Hi, > > Anyone know the relationship between Erik Quanstro's maildir changes > from 9atom and the code on 9front. maildir and mdir are not the same -- erik's writing covers the main differences. https://web.archive.org/web/20150611121250/http://www.quanstro.net/plan9/nupas.pdf > Is the 9front an independant creation or based (evolved) from erik's code? it's not unchanged from 9atom at this point but we merged his code (nupas) in, entirely supplanting the labs upas system. > Also, honest question, how does the maildir changes help? I understand that > if you keep a large mailbox (hundreds of items) it will vastly reduce the load > on the server, but what are the other wins? any opportunity to reduce the number of mbox in the world should be taken, as it's the worst file format. but the biggest advantage is that mdir doesn't spam the worm like mbox does. khm