Re: Eudora mailbox TOC corruption - file too big and it crashes

On Oct 31, 2006, at 11:56 AM, Eric Fong wrote:

>
>> Hi all:
>
> Just wanted to say thanks to everybody who sent me suggestions on
> how to try to fix this problem. Turns out I used a PC to help
> solve it.
>

Eric, I know you've already solved this, but I asked a friend who
subscribes to a Eudora users list what to make of this (since Eudora
is sometimes praised for its ability to handle enormous mailboxes),
and this is what I got:

On Oct 27, 2006, at 3:49 PM, Phil Franks wrote:
> At 8:52 PM +0200 10/27/06, Phil Franks wrote:
>>
>>
>> Can somebody just remind what the limit per mailbox is, in number
>> of messages and/or size in MB? I mentioned that I thought it was
>> 36,000 messages per mailbox?
>
> Yes, the limit is 32,000 messages. Your only option is too split
> the file into separate mailboxes. you can use command line formail
> with the -s option, unless Eudora has also corrupted the mailbox.
> Good luck, Mike

Scot

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