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Charles Sebold <csebold@ezl.com> wrote:
>         1.  nnmaildir - Compatible with qmail and other modern mail
>             transfer agents.  Uses many more inodes (files) than nnml

Twice as many, to be quantitative.

>             and 20-50% more space depending on message size.

And on filesystem type.

>             Slower to start up but definitely the fastest backend
>             available once you are in Gnus.

I've heard that it feels faster, but no numbers.  Maybe it's time for
a comprehensive comparison of speed and memory use among all the mail
backends.


paul