Hi -
The current distribution doesn't support files greater than 2GB, although
some people have made a start at hacking it to do so.
At least one beleaguered system manager has asked me NOT to support large
files because of the escalating costs of backing up godzillaboxes owned by
people who never clean their mailboxes...not to mention the cost of
opening godzillaboxes, especially with traditional UNIX format.
That's a problem with Trash and spam mailboxes -- "out of sight, out of
mind." I especially have nothing good to say about Trash mailboxes, or
those individuals who think that using such with IMAP is a good idea.
Anyway, the solution (at least until people start emailing 2GB+
godzillagrams) for handling large mailboxes is to deploy mix format. This
dramatically lowers both the backup and open costs. It doesn't do
anything about people who never clean up, but that's an administrative
rather than a technical problem.
-- Mark --
http://panda.com/mrc
Democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding what to eat for lunch.
Liberty is a well-armed sheep contesting the vote.
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