Re: retention time considerations

2015-11-02 Thread Arthur Emerson
Janos, Stupid question - is there any reason why this cannot be upgraded to a 64-bit time_t like most modern Unix-based operating systems are already converting to, so they do not have 2038 problems? This is not a new issue... -Arthur

Re: retention time considerations

2015-11-02 Thread Janos SUTO
Hello Arthur, On 2015-11-02 14:49, Arthur Emerson wrote: Stupid question - is there any reason why this cannot be upgraded to a 64-bit time_t like most modern Unix-based operating systems are already converting to, so they do not have 2038 problems? This is not a new issue... You are right.

retention time considerations

2015-11-01 Thread Janos SUTO
Dear piler users, piler uses a 4 byte value to store the retention timestamp. The trouble is that it has 23 more years of support, ie. up to 2038. Usually it's not a problem, since most people keep emails for 3-10 years. However, what if you have to store emails for a longer time, eg. to