powermail-discuss Digest #2941 - Friday, January 16, 2009
Avoiding the 2GB limit
by "Jeremy Hughes" <[email protected]>
Re: Avoiding the 2GB limit
by "Tobias Jung" <[email protected]>
Re: Avoiding the 2GB limit
by "Tobias Jung" <[email protected]>
Re: Avoiding the 2GB limit
by "Jeremy Hughes" <[email protected]>
Re: Avoiding the 2GB limit
by "Dave Nathanson" <[email protected]>
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Subject: Avoiding the 2GB limit
From: "Jeremy Hughes" <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:14:18 +0000
I've got to the point where I need to start exporting mail from
PowerMail to Apple Mail in order to avoid the 2 GB limit (currently I
have to compact my database every few days).
As a test, I've tried exporting a couple of folders in "Mac OS X Mail"
format (File/Database/Export). The mailboxes get saved to Library/Mail/
Mailboxes, and they show up in Apple Mail in an "On My Mac" section -
but Apple Mail fails to display any messages within the mailboxes.
Is there something I am doing wrong? This is PowerMail 5.6.5 running on
Leopard (10.5.5).
I really wish PowerMail didn't have this limit. But since it doesn't
seem likely that it will be fixed before PowerMail 7 (if ever), I'm
hoping I can carry on using it for a while if I transfer some emails
into Apple Mail.
Jeremy
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Subject: Re: Avoiding the 2GB limit
From: "Tobias Jung" <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:45:12 +0100
Jeremy Hughes <[email protected]> wrote (Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:14:18 +0000):
> I've got to the point where I need to start exporting mail from
> PowerMail to Apple Mail in order to avoid the 2 GB limit (currently I
> have to compact my database every few days).
>
> As a test, I've tried exporting a couple of folders in "Mac OS X Mail"
> format (File/Database/Export). The mailboxes get saved to Library/Mail/
> Mailboxes, and they show up in Apple Mail in an "On My Mac" section -
> but Apple Mail fails to display any messages within the mailboxes.
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?
Sure, switching User Environments might take a bit longer than switching
applications but at least the messages are still managed by a single
application -- which is a way that _I_ would prefer...
Kind regards,
Tobias Jung
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Subject: Re: Avoiding the 2GB limit
From: "Tobias Jung" <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:51:32 +0100
I <[email protected]> just wrote (Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:45:12 +0100):
> Jeremy Hughes <[email protected]> wrote (Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:14:18
+0000):
>
>> I've got to the point where I need to start exporting mail from
>> PowerMail to Apple Mail in order to avoid the 2 GB limit (currently I
>> have to compact my database every few days).
>>
>> As a test, I've tried exporting a couple of folders in "Mac OS X Mail"
>> format (File/Database/Export). The mailboxes get saved to Library/Mail/
>> Mailboxes, and they show up in Apple Mail in an "On My Mac" section -
>> but Apple Mail fails to display any messages within the mailboxes.
>
> 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?
Ooops. I didn't see that Jeremy is working with PM 5.x -- and of course,
that Assistant is new in PM6.
Sorry.
Kind regards,
Tobias
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Subject: Re: Avoiding the 2GB limit
From: "Jeremy Hughes" <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:26:49 +0000
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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Subject: Re: Avoiding the 2GB limit
From: "Dave Nathanson" <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:52:31 -0800
In Apple Mail; click on the mail folder & choose "Rebuild" from the
MailBox menu.
Hope this helps.
Best,
Dave Nathanson
Mac Medix
On Jan 16, 2009, at 5:14 AM, Jeremy Hughes wrote:
> As a test, I've tried exporting a couple of folders in "Mac OS X Mail"
> format (File/Database/Export). The mailboxes get saved to Library/
> Mail/
> Mailboxes, and they show up in Apple Mail in an "On My Mac" section -
> but Apple Mail fails to display any messages within the mailboxes.
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