Mail storage formats
Mbox
Mbox is the original mail storage format. It is one big concatenated file with all your mail.
Maildir
This is newer and allows concurrent usage. It is a directory-based storage format.
Published: Sunday, 6 March 2011
Mbox is the original mail storage format. It is one big concatenated file with all your mail.
This is newer and allows concurrent usage. It is a directory-based storage format.