Jamie,
Regarding your message dated: 13 June 2001...
JD> I think I may be getting close to the limits of either the bat or
JD> my machine for messages in a folder. On a PIII 500 with 192MB of
JD> ram a folder with 10000 messages each of about 4K takes 45 seconds
JD> to open. I've tried the usual purge and compress and saved 8MB (on
JD> a 350MB mailbase (total)). Even folder with only a few thousand
JD> messages are starting to slowdown noticeably.
JD> I know it's been mentioned before but no ones ever had a proper
JD> answer. What is the feasible (not theoretical) limit at which I'm
JD> going to have to start splitting the folders up?
JD> I don't think 10000 messages in a folder is too much to ask for as
JD> I've seen other mail systems deal with much larger volumes quite
JD> happily.
Too offer my perspective on your observation, I have tended to find
the versions of TB! that have been released since the 1.4x series to
be a lot quicker at folder access. I have around 67,000 messages in
the account as a whole with my largest folder accounting for just over
20,000 of those. The whole account message base has a file size of
451MB and when I access the biggest folder it takes an average of 7
seconds to display the contents. My PC has similar hardware to you
(PIII 550) but with more memory so maybe that helps some.
Most of my folders (those with 6000 messages or less) tend to be
accessible in just 2-3 seconds or less. Mostly, the access seems
instantaneous for any folder with <2000 messages in.
I could probably do some good by purging and compressing myself
(haven't done that in a while) but overall I'd say TB! was coping
admirably.
I don't know if any of the above is helpful but it should provide a
counter view perhaps.
All the best,
Mark.
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