Re: Large mailbox not recognized
On Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 03:34:19PM +0100, Robert Ian Smit wrote:
> I am not longer able to read a mailbox that has become very large.
> It's over 2 GB. When I use the change mailbox command and navigate
> to /var/mail I can see the other, smaller mailboxes, but this large
> one is not visible.
>
> Is there some kind of limit with regards to maximum file size in
> Mutt?
Maybe. Why do you have a 2GB mailbox?
> Is storing the messages in Maildir a better solution when you have
> so much mail?
Yes. Another useful tip: store no-longer-active mail in an
archive. And another: split mail from mailing lists into
separate mailboxes. And another: strip large attachments
and put them in a separate hierarchy.
> The system is Debian unstable with Linux 2.6 kernel and the EXT3
> filesystem.
2.6 with ext3 should have no problem with large files in and of
itself.
-dsr-