I would definitely try compacting the database anyway. Mine often goes down to 50%of its current size, and this can't be due only to the fact I deleted a bunch of emails. Compacting may take anything between 10 minutes and an hour, depending on your type of machine.
Olaf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Mon, 26 Dec 2005 18:15:38 +0100 >I've been using PowerMail for a more than two years now, >and I've become totally addicted to the FoxTrot search >feature. I use FoxTrot to instantly find interesting threads >in a handful of technical mailing lists that I don't have >the time to read day to day, but keep archived for later >reference. One of this lists has accumulated in excess of >38,000 messages. > >Today, for the first time, it looks like I hit some hard >limit, because the following dire warning popped up: > > Your database is near 2 GB > > PowerMail can't handle a message database larger than 2 GB. > You should compact your database, or export old messages > and delete them from your database. > >So far I haven't really deleted any messages except spam, >so I don't think compacting my database will help much >except perhaps put off cleaning it out for a few more days. >It sounds like the moment has come, but I really don't want >to lose the ability to search old messages. > >What are my options? Can I export folders in a format >that FoxTrot Personal Search can index? > >Are there any plans to support databases larger than 2 GB >in a future version of PowerMail? With hard disks getting >larger and cheaper by the day, two gigs look like a pretty >small limit. > > > -- marco > >-- >It's not the data universe only, it's human conversation. >They want to turn it into a one-way flow that they have entirely >monetized. I look at the collective human mind as a kind of >ecosystem. They want to clear cut it. They want to go into the >rainforest of human thought and mow the thing down. > > >
