At 20:06 26-09-2002 -0500, The Fool wrote: > > > It's stupid because, it gives up the ability to have direct access to > > > the stored messages, they have to be parsed sequentially every time > > > they have to be accessed, which is a severe net loss in computer > > > processing time etc. > > > > That would have been a problem 20 years ago, but with the speed and > > computing power of current computer systems, you would need to have an > > extremely large file before you notice any dramatic net loss in computer > > processing time. > >I have > 30000 messages in my mailbox since I last reset it.
And you need access to all of them? Why not make a backup of the entire mailbox and then delete old stuff from the regular mailbox? Jeroen "Excess E-mail Delenda Est" van Baardwijk __________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful-World-of-Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
