Jeremy Hughes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I *really* wish PowerMail would follow other email programs in splitting > its database into separate databases for each email folder:
I'm not sure I'd agree. I suppose that the internal handling of mails is much simpler and faster if every mail resides within a single database. > 1. This would solve the problem of the 2 GB limit. Currently, I have to > compact my database every two to three weeks. Eventually (perhaps within > the next year) I will have to switch to a different email client. After more than seven years of using PowerMail, it appears that I'm not likely to hit the 2 GB within the next decade at least, but maybe I am an exception. Anyway, even if the mail database was split into several databases, you could still run against the 2 GB limit. Wouldn't lifting the 2 GB limit be a more straight-forward remedy? > 2. Backing up a single database that is nearly 2 GB in size, whether > it's done hourly with Time Machine or daily with Retrospect (or another > backup program), is wasteful of backup time and resources. With a couple of databases, it would be just the same -- unless some folders were rarely used and thus wouldn't need to be saved with each backup. Unfortunately, folders whose content rarely changes typically contain a relatively small number of mails (for just that reason), so even when these folders weren't included in every backup, the disk space saved would be negligible. With my setup, most folders receive mails all the time, so it wouldn't make much of a difference anyway. However, the problem Time Machine has with big files that are frequently changed is a general one, and not just for database files; virtual volumes for example are suffering from the same problem. Even Apple's Aperture is affected. This problem isn't likely to go away, so I would say it is up to Apple to provide a solution. Maybe Apple hadn't thought of this when designing Time Machine, but eventually, they will have to. - Michael Michael J. Hußmann E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW (personal): http://michael-hussmann.de WWW (professional): http://digicam-experts.de
