powermail-discuss Digest #2553 - Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Re: Multiple databases (yet again)
by Steve Abrahamson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re(2): Multiple databases (yet again)
by Winston Weinmann [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Multiple databases (yet again)
by Steve Abrahamson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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by Bruce Barrett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re(2): Multiple databases (yet again)
by Winston Weinmann [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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by Marlyse Comte [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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by Winston Weinmann [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Multiple databases (yet again)
by Steve Abrahamson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re(2): Multiple databases (yet again)
by Winston Weinmann [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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by Bruce Barrett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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by Marlyse Comte [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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by Barbara Needham [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: Multiple databases (yet again)
From: Steve Abrahamson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:01:36 -0600
subhash,
I'm not sure what you're asking.
If the question is why is there a 2 gig limit? my guess is that the
answer lies in the compiler or codebase that ctm uses; you'd have to ask
them, but a 2 gig limit was a filesize limit for Mac OS for many years,
and some apps that date back to pre-OS X still have code that lingers
and prevents passing that limit.
If the question is why do you keep all that email? that becomes a
personal question of how each person organizes their personal and
business life, work habits, preferences, and the like. Some people keep
nothing; some keep everything. I happen to be one of those who likes to
keep all email as a record to go back to; I find it very useful to go
back through a client conversation to remember what was said 6 months
ago about some issue or topic.
Not everyone would want to work this way. The thing is that there are
lots of us who do, and for us, 2 gigs is a problem. For myself, my
database is about 1.5 gigs, and that doesn't make me comfortable to be
that close to the edge for an app that is the lifeblood of my business
existence.
HTH,
Steve
On 1/30/07 at 7:50 PM, computer artwork by subhash ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said:
the 2 gig limit
I do not understand you people having problems with this limitation.
What is so important to keep 2 GB of it?
Steve Abrahamson
Ascending Technologies
FileMaker 7 Certified Developer
http://www.asctech.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re(2): Multiple databases (yet again)
From: Winston Weinmann [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 14:15:26 -0500
Is the 2 GB problem with the message database or with attachments? Could
attachments be handled with some kind of alias system?
What about saving html mail as text to save room?
On 1/30/07 at 6:18 PM, Jeremy Hughes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said:
Steve Abrahamson (30/1/07 16:22) said:
Since the 2 gig database limit is going to remain, I need to start
either looking at multiple-database operation, or looking for a new mail
client. I'd rather not leave PowerMail
I'm in the same position: I'd rather not leave PowerMail, but from past
experience multiple (user-created) databases are not a solution.
What I'd like to happen is that the database is split into one database
per mailbox/folder (which is what I think Apple Mail does), and the 2
gig limit applies to each folder rather than to the entire database.
I'd be happy with setting up arbitrary mailbox databases - I could
easily move to 2 and be good for a while, then split to 3, but I'd have
to be able to easily designate what goes where, and have them all open
simultaneously.
I'd love to hear something hopeful from ctm on this. The notion that 2
gig is enough, and no good solution beyond that, just isn't, well, good
enough anymore.
Guys? Throw us a bone here?
Steve Abrahamson
Ascending Technologies
FileMaker 7 Certified Developer
http://www.asctech.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: Multiple databases (yet again)
From: Steve Abrahamson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:29:29 -0600
Winston,
Mail, not attachments. Most mail gateways block anything over 10 megs
anyway, so that's not really an issue. And the
