On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 08:00:06PM +0200, Ian Balchin wrote: > My debian-list folder in mutt has over 5000 messages in it despite > some weeding out. Pretty soon I shall have to go and make a coffee > while waiting for it to open. > > How many messages can be stored in that single file where they all > are?
There is no limit other than disk space and the 32-bit or 64-bit (depending on various things) limit on file size. > Doesn't the risk of corruption mean that one day I am going to > lose the lot (well, i would be really worried in windows). Keep backups, then! :) -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]