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>>>>> Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>:

> Steinar Bang <sb@metis.no> writes:
>> It's the part which takes the longest time to save, everytime you save
>> the file.  It's the least valuable (to me) part of the file.

> Yes, but it'll have to be saved anyway, so I don't quite see how
> splitting helps much...

The smaller the file, the shorter time it needs to complete a write,
the shorter the risk for corruption.