Lyle D. Gunderson on 9/10/07 said > >I, too, am about to migrate, with reluctance, from Emailer. I bought it >on Guy Kawasaki's recommendation, if that tells you how long I've been >using it. > >I recall there being discussed a limitation on how many messages you >could import into or have in your email database with PowerMail. Or maybe >it was the size of the database that is the limit. I've searched my >archive of powermail-discuss digests, and can find only a reference to a >2 GB limitation on database size. I've gots tens of thousands of messages >in Emailer. > >Are there any other limitations I should know about? I'm about to buy >EmailChemy anyway, since that looks like the way to go. If there are >limits to what can be imported, I can always go into Emailer and create a >truncated version of the Emailer database that cuts off at some point in >the past. Or something. > >Also, does EmailChemy import attachments in a decent fashion? I have been >deleting spam from Emailer for quite some time without deleting the >attachments, and I'm assuming that orphaned ones will be left behind and >the good ones (attached to email that I'm importing) will come along >somehow. Do the attachments use up space in the database?
The attachments do not take up space in the database. There is a number of mails limit for the trial version, not for the registered version. There is a 2 gb limit for the powermail database. Reaching this limit can be staved off for a while [assuming one wants to keep all their e-mails] by compacting the database. It is also possible to have your old e-mails in an Old User Environment [by creating a New User Environment .. no new registration needed] and I think the search will include both. -- Barbara Needham
