Dan Widyono on 8 Aug 2005 15:24:48 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] grepmail + maildir


> Other than using more inodes, is there a big difference in space used
> just bzipping individual mail files instead of putting in an mbox and
> bzipping that?

Yes.  bzip can take advantage of all the text in 64k worth of e-mail much
better than inside each individual mail file.  Plus, less headers.

Dan W.
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