Michael J. Hußmann (12/11/07, 20:34) said: >Anyway, even if the mail database was split into several databases, you >could still run against the 2 GB limit.
Yes, and you could split a large folder into two smaller folders to deal with this. >Wouldn't lifting the 2 GB limit be a more straight-forward remedy? Maybe, but PowerMail have said they're not going to do this. In any case, it doesn't solve the backup problem. >With a couple of databases, it would be just the same Of course. I have many more than just a couple of folders. >- 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 Not all my folders receive emails every day. Additionally, I use subfolders to archive mailing lists, so that "Carbon-Dev" (for example) may contain emails sent in the current year along with subfolders for emails from previous years - these folders are large and never receive new emails. Having separate databases for each folder would make a big difference to me. As you said, you don't use email very heavily and your database is much smaller than 2 GB. For those of us who have larger databases, the way that PowerMail currently behaves is a problem. Jeremy
