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Hi Udo,
I think most People on this Arachne
list would feel that 2000 sent emails, as a limit
in your mail directory, far exceeds a reasonable
limit. I know I do. <ggg>
Eric
On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 07:42:36 +0000 "Udo Kuhnt"
<048321887-0001@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
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>
> >> Of course, the preferred solution would be to grant Arachne
> access to
> >> the ample free memory that modern PCs possess.
>
> > Today.... not possible due to the fact that core.exe
> > is a 16bit program copiled with Borland.
>
> But IIRC the Borland C compiler can also compile for the DPMI.
>
> > Someday,
> > this will become possible by doing a 32bit compile via the use of
> DJGPP
> > which will then be able to use much, much more memory.
>
> > So for now.... 2000 is the limit.
>
> Which means that I will have to stay with Arachne 1.87/1.89 until
> this
> happens since I can neither afford to lose the last 400 mails in my
> mail
> directory, nor am I willing to search in different directories every
> time I am looking for a particular mail I have written. :-(
>
> Well, when will be "someday"? How long will we have to wait? Why is
> keeping Arachne compatible with legacy 8088/86/286 machines so
> important
> if it will run out of memory even on a 386?
>
> And how come that Arachne compiles with GCC and runs in Protected
> Mode
> in Linux but not in DOS?
>
> For now, I would already be satisfied if Arachne would stay a Real
> Mode
> program but could at least use a *little bit* more XMS memory so
> that it
> would not run out of memory every now and then while trying to
> display
> large web pages, downloading large text files or sorting through
> large
> amounts of emails. :-/
>
> Sorry if this sounds like I am a bit annoyed - that is probably
> because
> I am.
>
> Regards,
>
> Udo
>
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