> Is there any way of getting Imail to store messages in another > format (ie single files per message - similar to cyrus IMAP) rather > than one big file for every mailbox.
No, but... > Some of users have mailboxes anywhere from 100-600MB in size. ...even if you could use a maildir-style format, a single 600 MB mailbox could split into 600,000 individual files, assuming 1K per message. It's inconceivable that any filesystem would be happy with such a layout! One option, as Gerry said, is to sort some messages on the server side in hopes of at least getting *some* static long-term mail storage; David's opinion that mailboxes of that size are just plain wrong is also valid, though not always enforceable. But, not matter what else you do, you have to realize that message stores are always in flux and plan your mail backup strategy accordingly. A 10GB daily backup is just a hiccup if you have up-to-date equipment (AIT, DAT, DLT, Travan, whatever) dedicated to the task. -Sandy ------------------------------------ Sanford Whiteman, Chief Technologist Broadleaf Systems, a division of Cypress Integrated Systems, Inc. e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
