On 07/30/01 at 12:14, Mark Hartman (<xns:=Mark Hartman>) wrote:
> One of my e-mail account holders went on vacation for a month, and got a
> lot of mail while he was away.
>
> 815 MB worth.
>
> Whenever he tries to check his mail, SIMS hangs or exits.
I've seen the same behavior with huge mailboxes.
> Although I've got 384MB of memory on my G3, I can't figure out a way to
> break this file down into manageable chunks without writing a program in
> C to do it.
>
> Does anyone know of a text editor that can handle huge files like this
> without having to put another gig of memory on my computer?
Rather than opening the mailbox file in a text editor, try using Mail Siphon
(<http://www.maliasoft.com/siphon/download.html>). It can log on to a POP
session with the server and get a list of messages without having to actually
download them. You can then download or delete messages individually -- very
cool tool for mailbox management. Also, if you (or your client) happen to use
Mailsmith, it has a 'POP Monitor' feature that does the same thing.
Christopher Bort | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Webmaster, Global Homes | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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