Re: Idea for the future

[Gerry Hickman]

Hi John,

> Hmm, will storing text files in a db really equate to significant storage
> savings?

Storing the message bodies, and headers could certainly be done with
extreme efficiency using compression. Attachments may not be so easy
however, and may be more appropriate as "linked" files.

> What about an xml database and use easily-maintained xsl to control
> presentation, and:

Yes, this is the model being pushed by Microsoft at present and has
awesome potential.

-- 
Gerry Hickman (London UK)