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Doug Gannon [DG] wrote:
DG> First off, thanks for replying to my message. I've been watching
DG> this mailing list for a while, and it looks like one of the
DG> friendlier lists out there.
This is nice to read. :)
DG> Thanks for pointing out to me about the free space needed for
DG> compressing, etc. I do receive some larger attachments (100-300k).
That's not so large. I meant in the order of megabytes. There are
those who pretty regularly receive attachments exceeding 5MB each.
With a lot of those a message base can become staggeringly large
though it contains not that many messages.
DG> I have plenty of space on my hard drive so this shouldn't be a
DG> problem.
With attachments like those you mentioned, I agree.
DG> I guess my real concern was that The Bat might slow down when having
DG> to access a large message base.
Not really. It may take a few seconds to initially load a large base
after a TB! startup. After that, it's fast. By large base, I mean a
folder with in excess of 15,000 messages.
DG> I imagined clicking on a folder on the left of the window only to
DG> have to wait for several seconds for The Bat to read the contents in
DG> order to display the list of messages on the right.
This delay will directly depend on your hard disk speed, your
processor speed and RAM. If those are good then you can have large
bases without problems. However, if you're short on power, you may
see significant slowing in loading bases with over 10,000 messages.
I have a folder with 17,000 messages and it took 4 seconds to load.
It's an archived folder anyway. Once loaded, browsing the folder is
nice and fast.
DG> Do you think that a message base that has gotten large from
DG> attachments, etc. would slow down The Bat? I'd be interested in
DG> anyone's thoughts on this.
Not TB! perse. Just the loading of that particular folder, as well
as compressing etc. It also depends on how many of those large
attachments there are and how large the message base is.
I suggest trying it and seeing how your system deals with it.
DG> Thanks again Allie for your response.
You're welcome. :)
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