Re: Archivemail

From	Keith Bainbridge <ke1thozgroups@gmx.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Archivemail
Date	2021-01-25 03:30 +0100
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On 25/1/21 7:41 am, Jochen Spieker wrote:
> Is anybody still using MH mailboxes?

I think that means each mail in its own file? If so YES, because if I
lose a file, I lose only 1 email not thousands.

Also, progressive back-ups get very large very quickly using everything
in one file.


I also have in mind that every byte is 8 switches (or is it more with
modern file systems?).  It only takes 1 switch to fail to loose the
file. How many switches in a 1MB file - around 8,096. How many switches
on my 700GB data partition?  You get the drift.   And I have had files
simply disappear; several over the last year

Seriously, am I a pessimist? Or am I just taking the maxim about 2 kinds
of drives - the ones that have failed and the drives that are going to
fail - too seriously.


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Keith Bainbridge

ke1thozgroups@gmx.com

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Archivemail Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2021-01-23 00:30 +0100
  Re: Archivemail Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-01-23 00:40 +0100
    Re: Archivemail Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2021-01-23 01:20 +0100
      Re: Archivemail Jochen Spieker <ml@well-adjusted.de> - 2021-01-24 00:20 +0100
        Re: Archivemail Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2021-01-24 01:40 +0100
          Re: Archivemail Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2021-01-24 10:00 +0100
            Re: Archivemail Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2021-01-24 10:40 +0100
              Re: Archivemail Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-01-25 00:50 +0100
                Re: Archivemail Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2021-01-25 06:50 +0100
          Re: Archivemail Jochen Spieker <ml@well-adjusted.de> - 2021-01-24 21:50 +0100
            Re: Archivemail Keith Bainbridge <ke1thozgroups@gmx.com> - 2021-01-25 03:30 +0100
              Re: Archivemail Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2021-01-25 04:30 +0100
              Re: Archivemail Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2021-01-25 07:30 +0100
                Re: Archivemail Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-01-25 07:50 +0100
                Re: Archivemail Keith Bainbridge <ke1thozgroups@gmx.com> - 2021-01-25 12:50 +0100
                Re: Archivemail Jochen Spieker <ml@well-adjusted.de> - 2021-01-25 21:50 +0100
  Re: Archivemail Eduard Bloch <edi@gmx.de> - 2021-01-25 22:00 +0100

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