On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Tony Nelson<tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 09-06-20 03:39:40, Fernando Cassia wrote: > ... >> The problem is this:I need to calculate what kind of messages are >> using the most space in an IMAP account, now full with 7 gigs of >> stuff. > ... >> In other words, I´m looking for some sort of data-mining an IMAP4 >> mailbox on a remote server, based on message size, sender and >> destination address. >> >> Thoughts? Comments? > > Well, not exactly, but you might look at the server and see how the > messages are stored. If they are in mbox files, they're already stored > as efficiently as possible (unless the mbox'es need purging of deleted > messages), and you won't be able to learn much by inspection. If, > however, they're in separate files as in MailDir format, `ls -lS | > head` will show the worst offending messages. Sounds good. Now I need to take find out in which of the data centers is my GMail account, and then find permission to peek into google´s servers, then take a plane to the USA. <VBG> ;-) Another solution, obviously, is for GMail to add in-depth stats and analysis of the storage space used. Since it's a very CPU expensive procedure, I doubt that'll ever see the light of day, at least for free FC -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
