[arachne] Re: Arachne 1.87 crashes when reaching the end of the 'sent mail' list

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On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 12:36:19 +0000, Udo Kuhnt wrote:

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> An artificial limit does not offer the user a chance to remedy the
> situation himself by freeing up additional memory, so it is the most
> user-unfriendly and thus the worst solution I can think of.

> Regards,

> Udo

Even with the limits on the number of messages that can be stored,
processed, displayed, and accessed in a mailbox, I do not find Arachne
user-unfriendly.  When a mailbox becomes too filled up with too many
messages I just archive the old messages simply by zipping them up.
Doing that conserves my disk space.  I may unzip and re-open an old
archive at any time I want to look for an old message.  Easy.
No problem.

I would do the same even if I were using a really bad email program such
as Outlook.  I don't like to see a mailbox having more than about 500
messages.  It takes too long to page down to a place near the bottom of
the listing.  I have my mailboxes set up to sort by delivery date from
oldest to most recent with the older messages being at the top.  I like
it that way.  Almost all of the messages I am currently dealing with are
near the bottom.   There are a few of my old messages that are important
enough to refer to in the future for re-reading and review.  I move those
kinds of messages to a separate folder.  With Arachne it is very easy to
organize and sort out my email messages.  I do not know of any alternative
mailer that is easier to use for that purpose.

Sam Heywood
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