Re: Large Database

2005-12-27 Thread Marco Piovanelli
Thanks everyone for all the good advice! After religiously backing up my entire mail folder, I compacted my mail database. The entire process took about 15 minutes, much less than I had feared, and trimmed the database size from 1.9 GB to 481 MB. Yay! This gives me more breathing room before

Re: Large Database

2005-12-27 Thread Andy Fragen
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Re: Large Database

2005-12-27 Thread Sean McBride
Jim Pistrang ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) on 2005-12-26 16:44 said: Just curious, what is the total number of emails in your database? I Is there an easy way to tell? I have so many folders looking at each and adding them would be a pain. :) -- I object to violence because when it appears to do

Re: Large Database

2005-12-27 Thread Jim Pistrang
Hi Marco, I've been using PowerMail for a more than two years now, and I've become totally addicted to the FoxTrot search feature. I use FoxTrot to instantly find interesting threads in a handful of technical mailing lists that I don't have the time to read day to day, but keep archived for

Large Database

2005-12-27 Thread Marco Piovanelli
I've been using PowerMail for a more than two years now, and I've become totally addicted to the FoxTrot search feature. I use FoxTrot to instantly find interesting threads in a handful of technical mailing lists that I don't have the time to read day to day, but keep archived for later