Vreme: 11/02/2011 09:42 PM, Les Mikesell piše: > Thanks - I think most of what I'd want to keep is still accessible via > imap. What I'm wondering is if there is a general consensus about > the file format for long term storage that would be most likely to > permit direct search and access from some future mail reader, possibly > on some other OS. I suppose I could make a VM image that I could fire > up as an imap server again, but that seems kind of cumbersome. > Here is excellent comparison: http://www.linuxmail.info/mbox-maildir-mail-storage-formats/ If you disregard larger size issue (directory/file-system compression?), maildir is better since you have one mail = one file, so direct search will work. -- Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Love is in the Air) PL Computers Serbia, Europe Google is the Mother, Google is the Father, and traceroute is your trusty Spiderman... StarOS, Mikrotik and CentOS/RHEL/Linux consultant