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Re: Is there a limit to the mailbox file size in TB ?

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On 7/13/2021 10:50 PM, VanguardLH wrote:
> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Is there a limit to the mailbox file size in TB ?
>>
>> Several of my mailbox files are approaching 4 GB.  I am wondering if I
>> need to split them again.  I have well over 50 GB of email and news
>> stored in my TB mailbox files.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Lynn
> 
> What file system?  FAT32, NTFS, exFAT, what?  That will limit the size
> of files whether for Tbird or any other program.
> 
> On Windows Server 2019, and on Windows 10 1709, or later, files can be
> up to 8 petabytes in size.  As yet, you won't find an HDD or SSD
> anywhere near that size.  It would take you 800,0000 4GB HDDs in a
> RAID-0 or span/dynamic config to reach the 8 petabyte filesize limit.
> 
>  From what I've read, 4GB is the max mailbox size for Thunderbird.  This
> was to align with the 4GB limit for FAT32 file sizes.  Besides the file
> size limit, there is also the max number of records (messages) in a
> mailbox (4 billion).
> 
> You can find limits mentioned at:
> 
> http://kb.mozillazine.org/Limits_%28Thunderbird%29

Windows 7 x64 NTFS.

Thanks,
Lynn

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Is there a limit to the mailbox file size in TB ? Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2021-07-13 19:35 -0500
  Re: Is there a limit to the mailbox file size in TB ? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-07-13 22:50 -0500
    Re: Is there a limit to the mailbox file size in TB ? Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2021-07-14 12:53 -0500
  Re: Is there a limit to the mailbox file size in TB ? "Andrei Z." <no-email@invalid.invalid> - 2021-07-14 07:17 +0300
    Re: Is there a limit to the mailbox file size in TB ? Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2021-07-14 12:56 -0500
      Re: Is there a limit to the mailbox file size in TB ? Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2021-07-14 11:08 -0700
  Re: Is there a limit to the mailbox file size in TB ? Bears <Bears@invalid.com> - 2021-07-14 07:39 -0400
    Re: Is there a limit to the mailbox file size in TB ? Torsten Villnow <t.villnow@gmail.com> - 2021-07-14 16:01 +0200
    Re: Is there a limit to the mailbox file size in TB ? Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2021-07-14 10:05 -0400
      Re: Is there a limit to the mailbox file size in TB ? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2021-07-14 12:48 -0600
      Re: Is there a limit to the mailbox file size in TB ? Bears <Bears@invalid.com> - 2021-07-14 18:51 -0400
        Re: Is there a limit to the mailbox file size in TB ? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-07-14 19:17 -0500

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