Jeremy Hughes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >> 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.
Yes, you could, but it's an awkward solution. For example, I have set up folders for the 15+ mailing lists I'm on. Some contain just a few hundred of mails, the largest one nearly 12.000, but that's OK -- I wouldn't want to arbitrarily divide these 12.000 mails into different subfolders. >> 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. "Not going to do this" as in "never ever"? I don't think so. CTM doesn't seem to believe the 2 GB limit creates a serious issue for the overwhelming majority of users, but when this limit should detract a growing number of potential customers from using PowerMail, I am convinced they would take the trouble of lifting this restriction, even if it means converting a lot of code from 32 to 64 bits. > In any case, it doesn't solve the backup problem. Neither does the multiple database approach. But it's a different problem anyway. The main issue with Time Machine backups is the risk of corruption, but the ball is in Apple's court here. With Apple's own Aperture being incompatible with Time Machine precisely because of the risk of creating corruption, I think it's prudent to wait and see what Apple's going to do about it. > 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. Until today, I would have said I do use email heavily; it's my main means of communication in my job. I just don't keep that many mails, even when I would keep a mail rather than deleting it when in doubt. Also, I'm on digest mode on most of the more active mailing lists. I really wonder how many users of PowerMail actually hit the 2 GB limit regularly. - Michael Michael J. Hußmann E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW (personal): http://michael-hussmann.de WWW (professional): http://digicam-experts.de
