sendmail/courier setup, incompatibility with pine

[Keith Mastin]

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> There are different formats formats for mail storage.  Maildir storage
> involves several subdirectories and every email being stored in an
> individual file.   The more traditional mail format is mbox where all
> email is stored in one file.  There are advantages and disadvantages
> to either storage format.

Yes, but there's a little more to the story than just additional choice
that should maybe be noted. Maildir was created by DJB because of the
security issues he saw in mbox format. If one record gets munged, the
whole mail file is corrupted. With Maildir, if a message gets munged, only
that message is lost. I think Maildir is infinitely more secure and
sensible for that reason alone.

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Keith
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