Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-kde (30 mails)

[Boyan Tabakov <blade.alslayer@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday 26 March 2007 06:39:44 Bob S wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Running 10.2 with Kmail 1.9.5
>
> I have always saved email messages from past versions of SuSE. I now have
> an odd mix of Mailbox & Mail Directories. (About 100 under the local
> directory) Would like to convert them all to be the same. Don't know
> which I should use.  What are the pro's and con's of either type?

Hi,

Personally, I prefer maildir. In maildir, each mail is stored in a separate 
file, increasing the read time of the folder at first, but reducing read time 
of each mail. Also in KMail there are index files for each folder, 
eliminating the initial delay. That is why maildir is the default choice 
there. It is also considered the "modern" one.

Have in mind that there is currently no way to convert a folder from one 
format to the other. The way to do this is to create a new folder in the 
destination format and move all the messages from the old to the new one.

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