Re: maximum nuber of messages in mutt?
On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 08:00:06PM +0200, Ian Balchin wrote:
> My debian-list folder in mutt has over 5000 messages in it despite
> some weeding out. Pretty soon I shall have to go and make a coffee
> while waiting for it to open.
>
> How many messages can be stored in that single file where they all
> are?
There is no limit other than disk space and the 32-bit or 64-bit
(depending on various things) limit on file size.
> Doesn't the risk of corruption mean that one day I am going to
> lose the lot (well, i would be really worried in windows).
Keep backups, then! :)
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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