Hi Tobias,

Thanks for the feedback.

>Sorry I can't help you, but I'm curious:
>Why is it better to export the messages to a different email client
>instead of using PowerMail's »Archive and Cleanup Assistant« to move
>them to another User Environment?

I've tried user environments in the past, and they just seem klunky
(they're not actually new in PowerMail 6, although the "assistant" is).

It's a pain to have to switch environments whenever you want to search
for an email (especially if you're not sure where to look). Switching
applications is also a pain, but less so.

If you use environments to archive mail, you have to remember to update
the archives whenever you upgrade to a new version of PowerMail.
Otherwise they can become unreadable (that's what happened to me).

What I'd really like is for PowerMail to manage separate databases -
which is what environments are basically - in a seamless fashion (like
other mail clients). The real problem isn't that there is a 2 GB limit -
it's that PowerMail uses a single monolithic database for all mailboxes,
rather than separate databases for each mailbox.

>Sure, switching User Environments might take a bit longer than switching
>applications

Yes.

>but at least the messages are still managed by a single application --
>which is a way that _I_ would prefer...

I'd prefer that too, but I'd like it to be seamless.

Jeremy


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