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> Load a GB sized mbox into mail(1) and then say that again. In other words, use mbox with an application that doesn't have its own message metadata database a
by jcranmer 3y ago
> Load a GB sized mbox into mail(1) and then say that again.
In other words, use mbox with an application that doesn't have its own message metadata database and you get problems. But if you're designing your own email client in the 21st century, then you're going to want to build your own message metadata database.
- 15457345234 3y agoThis thread is very strange with people talking about mail formats and methods of handling email that haven't seen serious use since 1990 I mean, I studied Comp Sci at university in 1997 and we were given IMAP credentials
- eru 3y agoI used maildir with mutt in the 2010s.
- 15457345234 3y agoYou and 100 other people globally
- anthk 3y agoYou are very wrong, lots of people saves down email in order to be sure. You can use Maildir with IMAP. mbsync will do it fine. Dito with SMTP and msmtp.