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| From | Chris M <CHRIS@CWM030.COM> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Response to email clients query regarding mbox |
| Date | 2024-06-03 21:30 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <ILlxv-nqT-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | (2 earlier) <IKZnk-9Nr-9@gated-at.bofh.it> <IKZQl-acq-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <ILizD-lDr-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <ILlea-nkr-35@gated-at.bofh.it> <ILlnP-nnF-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
Bret Busby wrote: > On 4/6/24 03:08, Chris M wrote: >> 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? >> >> 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 >> > > I do not know about the mbox file format in email applications, but, > if you want a powerful email client, as I believe that I have > previously stated, I use, for downloading, storing, and, archiving > email, the most powerful email client that I have found - alpine, > previously known as pine. > > The folder properties for the applicable stored messages folder, show > "Total count of files: 13720 > Total size of files: 24.5GB" > > I think that I have a couple of hundred filters (it could be more), > involving some thousands of filter parameter field values. > > > > .... > Bret Busby > Armadale > Western Australia > (UTC+0800) > ................. > > Hi Bret, I just googled Alpine and, as y'all say in Australia... CRIKEY! its a Terminal Email client that uses IMAP. interesting. ============================================================ THANKS IN ADVANCE! CHRIS CHRIS@CWM030.COM * Lenovo ThinkCentre M710q*~~~* 1 TB SSD*~~~*15.5 GiB of ram* ~~* Q4OS Trinity Edition* ~~
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Re: Response to email clients query regarding mbox Chris M <CHRIS@CWM030.COM> - 2024-06-03 21:30 +0200
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