On Friday, October 27, 2006, Wayne Brissette sent forth: > >>On a related note, will the 2 gig limit be going away in a future >>version? Alternately, will we be able to use several databases >>simultaneously (i.e., let us split a 1.8 gig database into 3 or 4 >>smaller ones, but have them all open concurrently)? > >Can I ask a serious question? How often do people run into this 2 GB >limit? I find myself every 6 months or so, going through and deleting >hundreds of emails. I find that after 6 months I can usually get rid of >30% of my email, 1 year later I can get rid of even more mail. Usually I >find for myself, that it's laziness rather than really needing email as >the main reason I end up keeping so much of the email I have (do I really >need Buy.com's daily specials 2 years later? --- don't laugh, I have >found some on my computer). > >Anyhow, I just really wonder how many people really run into the 2 GB limit. > >Wayne
I maintain a database that has never gone over 100 MB AFAIK, nor is it likely to in the future. It averages 90-95 MB before compaction and 78- 85 MB after compaction. I still have over 10,000 messages in the database. Like Wayne, I go through my folders every few months and toss quite a bit. On the other hand, I don't use it for my business per se, rather it is an alternate archive for work but mainly for home use. Even some of my work email has a shelf life. That being said, having a parent folder represent a different database or similar setup would be interesting. Thunderbird takes that approach and sees to function well. Just a thought. -- Tim Lapin [EMAIL PROTECTED] G4/AGP/400 OS 10.3.9 PowerMail 5.5 640 MB RAM 40+40 GB HDs
