Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 15 Apr 2002 16:05:03 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: link() security |
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Alan Cox wrote: >>Not to mention the fact that the single file mailbox design is itself >>flawed. Mailboxes are fundamentally directories, which news server >>authors quickly realized. > > And then unrealized when they hit performance limitations. Its a trade off > and one that most news systems seem to prefer to use a custom database > for
Well, a database is basically a custom filesystem.
-hpa
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