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Re: BIG mail box...



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In article <2GxOH-8ss-57@gated-at.bofh.it>, 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



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