That is the dumbest statement I have ever heard. Just because it is ported to multiple platforms must not be used as an excuse for putting into The linux/unix port the same limitations as those of other platforms. <div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 6, 2013 11:17 AM, "Liam Proven" <<a href="mailto:lproven@gmail.com">lproven@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> On 6 February 2013 18:11, JD <<a href="mailto:jd1008@gmail.com">jd1008@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > Hi All, > I tried to move a message to the Sent folder > (why? will explain later). > I got a banner from Thunderbird: > The folder Sent is full, and can't hold any more messages. To make room for > more messages, delete any old or unwanted mail and compact the folder. > > > So, I looked at the very latest message's "Order Received", which is one > of the "sorting" tabs you can click on to display your messages, such as by > subject, sender, date .... etc. > The very latest message has the offset <a href="tel:2097456846" value="+12097456846">2097456846</a>. > This number is supposed to be thebyte offset within > the Sent file where the message begins. > But this offset is totally bogus.To wit: > > $ pwd > /home/jd/.thunderbird/Profiles/zvdfhtln/Mail/<a href="http://pop.gmail.com" target="_blank">pop.gmail.com</a> > $ ls -l Sent > -rw------- 1 jd jd 4275149616 Feb 5 15:56 Sent > > So, Thunderbird (17.0.2) is still broken and limited to file size of 4GB. > Long time ago, I had opened a Mozilla/Thunderbird bug against this > limitation, > which Thunderbird devs have closed as fixed. > Obviously it is not. > Here we are- Linux has been supporting 64bit file sizes for how many years > now??? > And yet, TB is still stuck at 4GB. Linux's limits are irrelevant: Thunderbird is not just a Linux program. It is also a Windows and Mac OS X program. -- Liam Proven • Profile: <a href="http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile" target="_blank">http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile</a> Email: <a href="mailto:lproven@cix.co.uk">lproven@cix.co.uk</a> • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: <a href="mailto:lproven@hotmail.com">lproven@hotmail.com</a> • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: <a href="tel:%2B44%2020-8685-0498" value="+442086850498">+44 20-8685-0498</a> • Cell: <a href="tel:%2B44%207939-087884" value="+447939087884">+44 7939-087884</a> -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>