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07-10-2006, 09:35 PM
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Can TBird handle 30,000+ emails effectively?
My wife has a work situation where she is required to retain on the
order of 30,000 email messages and have them be searchable. Can TBird handle this effectively w/o taking up lots of system resources? TIA Dan Dan |
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07-11-2006, 04:48 AM
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Re: Can TBird handle 30,000+ emails effectively?
Dan wrote:
> My wife has a work situation where she is required to retain on the > order of 30,000 email messages and have them be searchable. Can TBird > handle this effectively w/o taking up lots of system resources? > > TIA > > Dan each folder you create can store up to 4 gigs of messages. Also, every now and then learn to Compact your Folders [under File] -- You Know You're Getting Even Older When . . . happy hour is a nap. |
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07-11-2006, 04:48 AM
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Re: Can TBird handle 30,000+ emails effectively?
Dan wrote:
> My wife has a work situation where she is required to retain on the > order of 30,000 email messages and have them be searchable. Can TBird > handle this effectively w/o taking up lots of system resources? > > TIA > > Dan each folder you create can store up to 4 gigs of messages. Also, every now and then learn to Compact your Folders [under File] -- You Know You're Getting Even Older When . . . happy hour is a nap. |
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07-11-2006, 12:05 PM
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Re: Can TBird handle 30,000+ emails effectively?
gwtc wrote:
> Dan wrote: > >> My wife has a work situation where she is required to retain on the >> order of 30,000 email messages and have them be searchable. Can TBird >> handle this effectively w/o taking up lots of system resources? >> >> TIA >> >> Dan > each folder you create can store up to 4 gigs of messages. > > Also, every now and then learn to Compact your Folders [under File] > Just curious -- does the 4 gig limit extend to one Local Folder or the sum of 'em? I have some very large client-work folders in there, compacting notwithstanding. cheers, David H |
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07-11-2006, 12:05 PM
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Re: Can TBird handle 30,000+ emails effectively?
gwtc wrote:
> Dan wrote: > >> My wife has a work situation where she is required to retain on the >> order of 30,000 email messages and have them be searchable. Can TBird >> handle this effectively w/o taking up lots of system resources? >> >> TIA >> >> Dan > each folder you create can store up to 4 gigs of messages. > > Also, every now and then learn to Compact your Folders [under File] > Just curious -- does the 4 gig limit extend to one Local Folder or the sum of 'em? I have some very large client-work folders in there, compacting notwithstanding. cheers, David H |
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07-11-2006, 03:54 PM
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Re: Can TBird handle 30,000+ emails effectively?
David Harrison wrote:
> gwtc wrote: > >>Dan wrote: >> >> >>>My wife has a work situation where she is required to retain on the >>>order of 30,000 email messages and have them be searchable. Can TBird >>>handle this effectively w/o taking up lots of system resources? >>> >>>TIA >>> >>>Dan >> >>each folder you create can store up to 4 gigs of messages. >> >>Also, every now and then learn to Compact your Folders [under File] >> > > > Just curious -- does the 4 gig limit extend to one Local Folder or the > sum of 'em? I have some very large client-work folders in there, > compacting notwithstanding. > > cheers, > > David H per folder each folder -- You Know You're Getting Even Older When . . . you're on vacation, and your energy runs out before your money does. |
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07-11-2006, 03:54 PM
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Re: Can TBird handle 30,000+ emails effectively?
David Harrison wrote:
> gwtc wrote: > >>Dan wrote: >> >> >>>My wife has a work situation where she is required to retain on the >>>order of 30,000 email messages and have them be searchable. Can TBird >>>handle this effectively w/o taking up lots of system resources? >>> >>>TIA >>> >>>Dan >> >>each folder you create can store up to 4 gigs of messages. >> >>Also, every now and then learn to Compact your Folders [under File] >> > > > Just curious -- does the 4 gig limit extend to one Local Folder or the > sum of 'em? I have some very large client-work folders in there, > compacting notwithstanding. > > cheers, > > David H per folder each folder -- You Know You're Getting Even Older When . . . you're on vacation, and your energy runs out before your money does. |
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07-11-2006, 06:22 PM
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Re: Can TBird handle 30,000+ emails effectively?
gwtc wrote:
> David Harrison wrote: > >> gwtc wrote: >> >>> Dan wrote: >>> >>> >>>> My wife has a work situation where she is required to retain on the >>>> order of 30,000 email messages and have them be searchable. Can >>>> TBird handle this effectively w/o taking up lots of system resources? >>>> >>>> TIA >>>> >>>> Dan >>> >>> each folder you create can store up to 4 gigs of messages. >>> >>> Also, every now and then learn to Compact your Folders [under File] >>> >> >> >> Just curious -- does the 4 gig limit extend to one Local Folder or the >> sum of 'em? I have some very large client-work folders in there, >> compacting notwithstanding. >> >> cheers, >> >> David H > per folder > each folder Thanks. I should have read your initial post more closely -- I blame weird working hours  |
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07-11-2006, 06:22 PM
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Re: Can TBird handle 30,000+ emails effectively?
gwtc wrote:
> David Harrison wrote: > >> gwtc wrote: >> >>> Dan wrote: >>> >>> >>>> My wife has a work situation where she is required to retain on the >>>> order of 30,000 email messages and have them be searchable. Can >>>> TBird handle this effectively w/o taking up lots of system resources? >>>> >>>> TIA >>>> >>>> Dan >>> >>> each folder you create can store up to 4 gigs of messages. >>> >>> Also, every now and then learn to Compact your Folders [under File] >>> >> >> >> Just curious -- does the 4 gig limit extend to one Local Folder or the >> sum of 'em? I have some very large client-work folders in there, >> compacting notwithstanding. >> >> cheers, >> >> David H > per folder > each folder Thanks. I should have read your initial post more closely -- I blame weird working hours |
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07-11-2006, 07:16 PM
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Re: Can TBird handle 30,000+ emails effectively?
gwtc wrote:
> Dan wrote: > >> My wife has a work situation where she is required to retain on the >> order of 30,000 email messages and have them be searchable. Can TBird >> handle this effectively w/o taking up lots of system resources? >> >> TIA >> >> Dan > each folder you create can store up to 4 gigs of messages. > > Also, every now and then learn to Compact your Folders [under File] > Thanks for the reply. 4 gig seems like a healthy amount, I'm still wondering though if there's any problem with a large total NUMBER of emails, in terms of searching, displaying lists of subject/date/sender/etc., even if they don't exceed (or even approach) a total file size of 4 gig. In investigating this I found something a bit odd; I run tbird 1.5.0.4. I have two email accounts which are subscribed to listservs. All listserv post go into junk mail via the junk mail controls. I retain them there, but I send them to junk automatically to get them out of the inbox. Looking at the directory that holds the emails in docs & settings, I see that although the inboxes when viewed in TBird are EMPTY, these listserv postings are stored in BOTH the JUNK files AND the INBOX files. Again, they DO NOT APPEAR in the inboxes when it is viewed in TBird. This seems pretty wasteful. I guess the obvious answer is to set up a separate folder to transfer the posts to, still it seems like a weird way for TBird to handle the junk folder contents. This only seems to be the case for mail which is not removed from the junk folder. Dan |
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