Implement wildduck's storage architecture for efficiency and scalability
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# Use case
What problem you are trying to solve?
Maildir is less space efficient and less scalable than a clustered database as a mail store.
Note alternatives you considered and why they are not useful.
I've tried using Maildir over an S3 backend, but performance can be an issue.
# Your idea for a solution
Compress messages, deduplicate attachments and store in a clustered database like MongoDB.
How your solution would work in general?
[Wildduck](https://docs.wildduck.email) stores messages and attachments in MongoDB. It compresses data and deduplicates attachments, greatly reducing storage requirements and allowing us to easily scale our deployments. I currently use it in production and works great.
- [X] I'm willing to help with the implementation
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