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diff --git a/imap/docs/formats.txt b/imap/docs/formats.txt index 8dfb9da..d1e3b35 100644 --- a/imap/docs/formats.txt +++ b/imap/docs/formats.txt @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ When a mailbox storage technology uses local files and -directories directly, the file(s) and directories are layed out in a +directories directly, the file(s) and directories are laid out in a mailbox format. I. Flat-File Formats @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ Soapbox on File/Message Formats too much effort into file/message formats, you are correct. There's a general reason why file/message formats are a bad idea. -Just about every filesystem in existance serializes file creation and +Just about every filesystem in existence serializes file creation and deletions because these manipulate the free space map. This turns out to be an enormous problem when you start creating/deleting more than a few messages per second; you spend all your time thrashing in the @@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ So what does this all mean? A database (such as used by Exchange) is really a much better approach if you want to move away from flat files. mx and especially -Cyrus take a tenative step in that direction; mx failed mostly because +Cyrus take a tentative step in that direction; mx failed mostly because it didn't go anywhere near far enough. Cyrus goes much further, and scores remarkable benefits from doing so. |