[email protected] wrote: > Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote: >> Leonidas Jones wrote: >>> Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote: >>>> Leonidas Jones wrote: >>>>> I wrote an article concerning this, referring to SeaMonkey's ancestor, >>>>> Netscape 7. I think it applies here as well: >>>>> >>>>> http://community.netscape.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?tsn=1&nav=messages&webtag=ws-nscpbrowser&tid=8116 >>>>> >>>>> Basically, do not use Inbox as a long term repository for stored email. >>>>> If you need to keep email, store it in archive folders. >>>> I would have to disagree with you on that Lee. That might have been a >>>> problem in the old Netscape days, but its not now. I've had stuff in my >>>> inbox for years, and never had a problem. Then again, my inbox isn't >>>> over 2 gigs big either. But I do have other folders that are about that >>>> big and still don't have problems. >>>> >>> But Grant, if they are in other folders, they are not in Inbox, are >>> they? I don't think it matters how long items have been there, its >>> the size and the constant access that does it. >> but I'm saying I have many messages within the inbox that have been >> there for years, and I've never experienced any problems. >> >>> Since the OP found that the problem did not occur with a clean Inbox, >>> but reoccurred with the old Inbox restored, is that not instructive? >> I think the OPs problem is he reached the size limit for an SM folder >> which is 2 gigs!: http://seamonkey.ilias.ca/mailnewsfaq/SizeLimit >> >> While in TB its 4 gigs: >> http://kb.mozillazine.org/Limits_%28Thunderbird%29#Folders_and_messages >> >> Talk about discrimination! ;-) >> > > Yes. maybe Thunderbird's/Lightning 4GB capability is the way to continue > the SM Maibox directly ? > Firefox is also the default browser installation with every Linux > distro, and looks to have more and easier addons and plugins > installations. Some suggenstions/thoughts about +/- for the FF/TB/L > combination (integration) compared to the SM suite? > > Another candidate is Evolution which is the default installation on > several Linux distributions, though it doesn't seem to be compatible > with the mailbox format directly. And I don't know its capacity yet. >
So I did, installed Tunderbird/Lightning, deleted *.msf from my Mail box and rebuild the summary/index file. And guess what happened; the same error still occured. Incoming new mail content displayed blanc before manual rebuilding the index file. te...@linux-gu9l:/windows/F/usr/terje/Mail> du -sm . 3932 . te...@linux-gu9l:/windows/F/usr/terje/Mail> du -sm Inbox Sent 2198 Inbox 1509 Sent If Thunderbird really has a 4GB Inbox limit, this looks to be a bug? Terje _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
