I know the feeling! I had a 9GB mailbox with only 606MB of data in it. :o)
----- Original Message ----- From: "IMail Admin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 4:19 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] mailbox size > 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/ > 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/
