From: prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc)
Subject: Re: Why can't I use procmail
Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 12:47:29 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3zntvxydk.fsf@multivac.cwru.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1m7kh08rn8.fsf@Tempo.Update.UU.SE>
Fredrik Staxeng <fstx+u@update.uu.se> wrote:
> prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) writes:
>> Fredrik Staxeng <fstx+u@update.uu.se> wrote:
>>> But I really want to use nnml.
>>
>> Exactly what is it about nnml that you like? If you're willing to use
>> Oort, you might like nnmaildir. It's designed to allow concurrent
>> delivery to the maildirs it uses as groups.
>
> The performance.
I've been told nnmaildir feels faster than nnml, except for its slow
startup. Beware that nnmaildir uses lots of small files, so if your
filesystem doesn't deal well with that, it might not be very fast for
you. I use ReiserFS.
> But the important question remains unanswered. Is the message
> "don't do this! you will lose mail!" still valid?
Oort has been pretty safe so far. But it's always good to have
backups.
paul
prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-10-03 16:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-09-30 16:47 Fredrik Staxeng
[not found] ` <v9heg7idwo.fsf@marauder.physik.uni-ulm.de>
2002-09-30 18:17 ` Fredrik Staxeng
2002-09-30 18:25 ` David S Goldberg
2002-09-30 18:38 ` Fredrik Staxeng
[not found] ` <m3fzvopygg.fsf@multivac.cwru.edu>
2002-10-02 21:20 ` Fredrik Staxeng
2002-10-03 16:47 ` Paul Jarc [this message]
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