<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> 06252006 1601 GMT-6 So 2.8 GB of mail is too much for Thunderbird. Ok. Thanks. wade Scott Kitterman wrote: <blockquote cite="mid20060625195924.50326445B@mailout01.controlledmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 14:24:01 -0500 Wade Smart <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:wade@wadesmart.com"><wade@wadesmart.com></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">06252006 1421 GMT-6 My largest file under ./mozilla-thunderbird is 173.2 MB That 50,000 is the number of email messages in one folder. Im using Gnome. I tried Evolution but just couldnt get the hang of it - and it wasnt as easy as Thunderbird. wade </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">I think that what you are experiencing is probably as good as it gets with Thunderbird and 50,000 messages. I think your options are limited: - Suck it up and live with the current situation. - Break the folders down into smaller folders (you'll have to experiment with a good size, but I'd be surprised if more than one or two thousand worked well) - Increase RAM/get faster hard drives (I put this at a low probability off success, but it may help). - Switch to a mail program that supports a more scalable file format (maildir is one, there may be others). Were I in your shoes I'd try Kmail (it's the only mail program I know of that supports maildir). Perhaps you could use Kubuntu live CD. Others may have other suggestions. Scott K </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>