Hi, Thanks for the tip, Tripp. This would make sense as the answer. I don't understand why they do it this way, though. Your main concern with the size of mailboxes is space taken up on the drive. If they choose to stop measuring the size of a mailbox file at its delimiters, that doesn't mean the file is any smaller!
Altogether, the difference is small, but I don't see why they did it. Ben ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tripp Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 9:28 AM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] mailbox size The MBX format includes a delimiter line that is not actually part of the message. The reported size does not include this delimiter as part of the mailbox size. Tripp ----- Original Message ----- From: "IMail Admin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 12:09 PM Subject: [IMail Forum] mailbox size > We have an inhouse app that we use that goes through our customers, figures > out their total mailbox size, and then issues them warnings as they get > close to full. The strange part that I've noticed is that IMail doesn't > seem to accurately track the size of mailboxes. > > In one case, we had a single mailbox with one main.mbx file. IMail Admin > reports that this mailbox has 84 messages with no attachments and a total > file size of 9,998,937 bytes. However, when I look at the actual file size, > I get 10,003,817 bytes. I've seen this repeatedly with a number of other > mailboxes. They're all small discrepencies, and it's not always the same > amount or same percentage. > > Can anyone give us some insight into this? We're using V.7.15. > > Thanks, > > Ben > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
