Re: link() security

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Mon, 15 Apr 2002 23:48:31 +0100 (BST)

> 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
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