My 2 cents FWIF: I switched from Claris Emailer to Powermail early 2001, converting my database and addresses and kept up with the new releases of Powermail since. I encountered no unrecoverable errors in my database which is about 30,000 msgs (200 MB) I experiences two (bad formatted) HTML messages which caused trouble in my database which I could not access through Powermail, but I was able to isolate these and delete them. As it turned out, they were not accessible through other mail-clients (apart the one of M$) so this problem was a 'not-powermail-only' problem. I am using my mail client on both my desktop system and my powerbook and can synchronize the data without problems. In my 2,5 years of experience with pm I encountered one serious database problem which was easily fixed by a low level rebuild.
Karel ================================= In God we trust, everything else we audit Op donderdag, 17 juli 2003 schreef Mark Sittig: >Howdy, > >I subscribed to the PM-discuss list a couple weeks ago to learn more >about PM. I've been considering switching from Eudora, my trusty >email client of more than a few years to something that is a little >less cluttered. While Eudora serves a purpose, it is a little >overboard on the features and I feel as though PM may serve me better. > >At this point, I only have one small issue with the application: mail >storage. I am weary of having one database hold every single email >message. I have read numerous reports of people using MS Entourage >and eventually getting corrupted mail databases. Wouldn't Powermail >be susceptible to the same fate, even if the database structure >differs? It seems to me that individual mailbox storage would create >fewer problems. > >With so many dedicated and intelligent users, I figure this issue has >been appropriately addressed many times over. I'm just looking for a >little reassurance before I cough up my $50 and transfer four years >of email over. > >Thanks! >Mark P. Sittig > >
