Re: BIG mail box...
On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 01:42:43 -0400, the mental interface of Silvan told: > >> Ps - there is abount 4000 mails in the box... >> > OK, I'll bite, since you already have a real answer anyway. > > I'd say I have a BIG mail box, and you only have an itty bitty one. > It's 223 MB and I count around 11,400 messages. Do I win? > Hmm i count 168,563 messages and 5GB of attachments (all real emails, none spam) I don't consider that big... some of my colleagues have over 250,000!. I think the fact that squirrelmail uses IMAP and doesn't cache the mail is the reason why it's slow. I guess it's got a lot of processing to do all the time... If you use POP3 there's less processing involved (correct me if I'm wrong) so why not use evolution or something? Put all your mails into different mailboxes (ie categorised) should use up less processing power on ya. -- "Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems." -- Linus Torvalds "The best way to prepare [to be a programmer] is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have written. In my case, I went to the garbage cans at the Computer Science Center and I fished out listings of their operating systems." -- Bill Gates, OS/2 Notebook, Microsoft Press, 1990, p. 614
Re: BIG mail box...
> Ps - there is abount 4000 mails in the box... OK, I'll bite, since you already have a real answer anyway. I'd say I have a BIG mail box, and you only have an itty bitty one. It's 223 MB and I count around 11,400 messages. Do I win? -- Michael McIntyre Silvan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621 http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/ http://rosegarden.sourceforge.net/tutorial/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: BIG mail box...
On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 10:11:16 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [This message has also been posted.] > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Grant wrote: > > Hey!. > > > > I setup qmail and courier imap last night... i also installed > > squirrelmail... which works fine! IF i have small mail boxes... > > > > Ps - there is abount 4000 mails in the box... > > Do you expect large mailboxes to be an ongoing issue? > If not, use mailx to split the mailbox file, and move on. > > > mailx -f /path/to/bigfatmailboxfile > s 1-1999 /path/to/fragment1 > s 2000-4000 /path/to/fragment2 > d 1-4000 > q > > > Sometimes the oldest tools work best. Yes, except he mentioned qmail and courier-imap. Both very strong indications that he's using Maildir format, not mbox. Jacob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: BIG mail box...
[This message has also been posted.] In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Grant wrote: > Hey!. > > I setup qmail and courier imap last night... i also installed > squirrelmail... which works fine! IF i have small mail boxes... > > Ps - there is abount 4000 mails in the box... Do you expect large mailboxes to be an ongoing issue? If not, use mailx to split the mailbox file, and move on. mailx -f /path/to/bigfatmailboxfile s 1-1999 /path/to/fragment1 s 2000-4000 /path/to/fragment2 d 1-4000 q Sometimes the oldest tools work best. Cameron -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: BIG mail box...
Jacob S wrote: On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 15:58:07 +0100 Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey!. I setup qmail and courier imap last night... i also installed squirrelmail... which works fine! IF i have small mail boxes... but me being me... copied all my old mail into the new mail box and now squirrelmail wont load the box... its obviously too big for it... As Mozilla picks up the mail fine and shows them all fine too :) So my question is... anyone know of a better/good webmail client that can handle big mail boxes... i've looked at silkymail but it looks a little old i dunno if i could make a theme i havnt really looked into that... i really wanted squirrelmail or something that looked as good, unless there is a something i can edit so it accepts the bigger mail box ? I've heard Squirrelmail's latest development branch (1.5.xx?) has a fix for this. If your webmail isn't mission critical, you might give it a try. Also, Ilohamail (available via apt-get) loads a lot faster on my server and seems to work as well as Squirrelmail - provided you don't use many Squirrelmail plugins currently. However, if you're using it for mailing lists, I have heard that it doesn't include References to make threading work right for people reading your replies. HTH, Jacob Hey! Thanks for that! ilohamail is PERFECT! it loads fast AND looks good also :D oh and it loads the big mail box :D thanks again! :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: BIG mail box...
On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 15:58:07 +0100 Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey!. > > I setup qmail and courier imap last night... i also installed > squirrelmail... which works fine! IF i have small mail boxes... > > but me being me... copied all my old mail into the new mail box and > now squirrelmail wont load the box... its obviously too big for it... > As Mozilla picks up the mail fine and shows them all fine too :) > > So my question is... anyone know of a better/good webmail client that > can handle big mail boxes... i've looked at silkymail but it looks a > little old i dunno if i could make a theme i havnt really looked > into that... i really wanted squirrelmail or something that looked as > good, unless there is a something i can edit so it accepts the bigger > mail box ? I've heard Squirrelmail's latest development branch (1.5.xx?) has a fix for this. If your webmail isn't mission critical, you might give it a try. Also, Ilohamail (available via apt-get) loads a lot faster on my server and seems to work as well as Squirrelmail - provided you don't use many Squirrelmail plugins currently. However, if you're using it for mailing lists, I have heard that it doesn't include References to make threading work right for people reading your replies. HTH, Jacob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
