Anno domini 2024 Mon, 3 Jun 10:04:28 -0500 Chris M via tde-users scripsit: > I am needing a "refresher course" on mail clients that use the .mbox > format to store emails. > It's been years since I've used this kind of mail client. > > Is there any "dangers" I need to know about? Like, keeping the mailbox a > certain size? > or a certain amount of emails per folder etc? You can't sync your users diretory on a filesystem level over many maschines, e.g unison will not work. You don't have that problem with maildir. Also here's the danger of file coruption. Nik > > The last client I used, before I went FULL TIME LINUX, was Eudora 7.1 on > Windows 10. And you had > to keep the .mbx files TINY TINY TINY or else, you'd face corruption. > > I always go offline, and then compact my folders after I get done > reading emails. > > Right now my "2024 Archives" folder is at: > > Number Of Messages: 4776 > > Size: 300 MB > > ============================================================ > > THANKS IN ADVANCE! > > > > CHRIS > > > > CHRIS@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > * Lenovo ThinkCentre M710q*~~~* 1 TB SSD*~~~*15.5 GiB of ram* > > > > ~~* Q4OS Trinity Edition* ~~ > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________ > tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ... ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
