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Re: read/write a mbox file
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Re: read/write a mbox file


  • Subject: Re: read/write a mbox file
  • From: Sandeep Chayapathi <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 12:04:09 -0500

Right. I have used both Maildir and mbox, and I would'nt recommend using mbox if there is a chance of simultaneous read/write. However, my case is different. Im planning to backup my emails. I think backing up emails to a single mbox, is more portable and almost all Mail applications can import a mbox file.

- Sandeep

On Mar 11, 2006, at 11:55 AM, Ben Kennedy wrote:

mbox is a crappy format, not the least of which it precludes random
access by multiple processes, is volatile in that the deletion/
corruption of a single file takes down the entire mail store, etc. Use
maildir instead.


-ben

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 >read/write a mbox file (From: Sandeep Chayapathi <email@hidden>)
 >Re: read/write a mbox file (From: Daniel Ström <email@hidden>)
 >Re: read/write a mbox file (From: "Ben Kennedy" <email@hidden>)

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