Re: [SLE] mail storage solution

From: Brad Bourn (brad_at_summitrd.com)
Date: 01/31/05

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Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 13:07:08 -0700

    as the OP mentioned, it is important for them to have when not connected.

    I would think you could simply create sub-folders for different months/years,
    or database them with mysql or something.....

    I've been saving, slowing down myself....

    I was going to purge based on date. As fast as linux grows, I wouldn't think
    something from a year ago would be the same.

    B-)

    On Monday 31 January 2005 01:00 pm, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
    > * Hans du Plooy <hansdp@newingtoncs.co.za> [01-31-05 14:54]:
    > > I've been following this mailing list since SUSE 8.0 came out, and have
    > > kept every single mail. I know that might sound excessive, but having
    > > my own copy of at least a piece of "the archives" has helped more than
    > > a couple of times when connectivity isn't available.
    > >
    > > Currently I have all my mail stashed in ~/Maildir - courier-imap gives
    > > me access to it. Nice setup as I can chop&change between mail clients
    > > any time I like.
    > >
    > > However, the sheer volume of mail is becoming a problem. It's getting
    > > slower and slower, searches through mail folders take for ever and max
    > > out my CPU for minutes at a time.
    > >
    > > I was wondering if there's a better way to store my mail?
    >
    > I can and do part of the time, handle my own mail, but have taken to
    > directing *all* mailing list to my gmail address. I then fetchmail to
    > local for reading, but label and retain copies of all mail passing thru
    > gamil.
    >
    > Searching for a particular email/subject/thread is much faster on
    > gmail's site than on my own computer (aged 733) and a gig of space is
    > available. If the space is not enough, get more gmail accounts and
    > disburse the delivery of mail lists thru the different accounts.
    >
    > A plus, gmail's spam filtering is better than spamassassin on my local
    > computer.
    >
    > Just a thought,
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