yes, that could be the problem. it started indexing allright but now hangs with 16109 messages to go. i updated another database with 22000 messages without any problems. a bit tedious indeed having to export and import :(
ddv >> >>downloaded the new 4.2 final. when i open the application, it starts to >>reindex and then suddenly stops with the message 'not enough memory'. the >>message keeps coming up when clicking 'ok'. the only way to get out is to >>force-quit powermail. it indexed about 100 messages and now stops each >>time on launch immediately. how can i increase memory? > >I encountered the same problem when trying to create the new search index. >PM probably 'hangs' on one or two corrupted HTML-messages. (At least it >was in my case). >I reported this problem and my workaround on this list on July 7. For >this workaround you need to access (a copy of) your database with the >previous pm version. > >this is what I wrote: > >/ snip------- > >From: "Karel Gillissen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Powermail Testing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Hang on indexing (reproducable) >Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 17:37:05 +0200 > >Same problem here. >In my case it appeared to be two corrupted HTML-messages which I received >on 15-01-2001. >(I could read them at that time with pm3 but they somehow got ... well I >don't know, I never opened them since) > >Here is how I pinpointed them (a bit tedious, but it works): > >Try to export your mail database (I used eudora mailbox format, but >tabulated text will do also) >Most probably the export-proces hangs at the same messages which concern >the index-problem. Force quit pm and examine the exportfile to see where >it has stuck. If your mail database is in one large folder it might help >to export the database in handy proportions by selecting parts and doing >an export on the selected messages only. > >If all's well you know now which messages to delete. > >In my case I deleted them by crtl-click on them and select 'Move to mail >trash' as pm hanged itself when trying to read the messages (or select >them in 3-pane view). > >(for Jérôme: these are the same messages I reported to you in my >Meiringen report, Indexing gave the message 'An error occurred not enough >memory' which kept on coming after clicking it away; I had to do a force- >quit to bail out) > >/snip ------ > > > >
