Re: RISC OS emailing

From	Brian Jordan <brian.jordan9@btinternet.com>
Subject	Re: RISC OS emailing
Newsgroups	comp.sys.acorn.misc
Date	2012-04-20 09:11 +0100
Message-ID	<5283479d9bbrian.jordan9@btinternet.com> (permalink)
References	<52831b28b9brian.jordan9@btinternet.com> <52833a688ddave@triffid.co.uk>
Organization	Some - not a great deal.

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In article <52833a688ddave@triffid.co.uk>, Dave Symes
<dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <52831b28b9brian.jordan9@btinternet.com>, Brian Jordan
> <brian.jordan9@btinternet.com> wrote: [Snippy]
> > For a couple of weeks, Pluto - my chosen program for years - has been
> > throwing up error message when I try to open freshly debatched
> > messages

> The very first question that needs asking when Pluto gets uppity is How
> big has it grown?
Far too big, Dave. I had totally forgotten that my emails expire to an
archive box and that for some reason that archive is set to be hidden
(don't ask, I don't know). It contained 25,000+ messages including
attachments and contributed to the following stats:

> Icon bar Menu-Statistics.
Articles 34151 Mbytes
Used 1076.81 Mbytes
Garbage 1.43 Mbytes

> Pluto is generally a very stable app and good at repairing itself,
> however once it grows past a certain size, and it varies with different
> computers, Pluto starts to get uppity.
That seems to have been the case here.

> There are two solutions. 1) Create external boxes and move old stuff
> out of Pluto itself into these external boxes.
Done.

> 2) Prune/dump any ancient stuff not really required
and done.

> Personally I use the External boxes method and three times a year I
> move stuff out of Pluto and into the external boxes.

> After that, if the Garbage statistics are still up, I Run then Quit
> Pluto a few time to excise some of that.
Stats now down to:
Articles 14352 Mbytes
Used 235.16 Mbytes
Garbage .41 Mbytes

> After that's done, if Pluto is still uppity, time to ask more questions.
All signs of uppityness have gone, for now anyway.

> Jeremy's suggestion is a next good step if you still have problems.
I'll bear that in mind.

> Dave
As always, many thanks for pushing me in the right direction

Brian

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Brian Jordan
From somewhere in North Hampshire. England. UK.
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RISC OS emailing Brian Jordan <brian.jordan9@btinternet.com> - 2012-04-20 01:05 +0100
  Re: RISC OS emailing Jeremy Nicoll - news posts <jn.nntp.scrap007@wingsandbeaks.org.uk> - 2012-04-20 02:55 +0100
    Re: RISC OS emailing Brian Jordan <brian.jordan9@btinternet.com> - 2012-04-20 09:13 +0100
  Re: RISC OS emailing Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-04-20 06:46 +0100
    Re: RISC OS emailing Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-04-20 08:40 +0100
    Re: RISC OS emailing Brian Jordan <brian.jordan9@btinternet.com> - 2012-04-20 09:11 +0100

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