against databases

[Brock Batsell]

On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 6:47 PM, Gus Mueller <gus at flyingmeat.com> wrote:

> I think using maildir would be good as well, combined with using a sqlite
> database for summary info (which could be rebuilt, based on the maildir
> files).  It would make backing up your email store a whole lot easier too- a
> single DB would change all the time, but individual files, not so much.


Except that maildir stores its flags in the filenames of individual
messages.  That could be a theoretical nightmare with Time Machine—or it
could be that in most use cases, flags change quickly enough and then are
stable enough that it's not a problem at all.  Just something to keep in
mind.

-Brock
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