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- From: dattier@ddsw1.mcs.com (DWT)
- Subject: Re: Compressed folders to Elm?
- Message-ID: <Bz83up.GG0@ddsw1.mcs.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 00:25:36 GMT
- References: <1992Dec1.105105.10873@uk03.bull.co.uk> <1992Dec02.164452.29232@r-node.gts.org> <jms.723516884@wits-end>
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- jms@informix.com (Jack Stephens) wrote in <jms.723516884@wits-end>:
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- | My suggestion would be to have the compression done on a "mail session"
- | basis. All currently uncompressed folders could re compressed at either
- | user option (more interface commands, sigh) or on folder-resync.
-
- | ... using session-level compression assures that
- | the compression cost is paid only once, essentially.
-
- The potential drawback, on systems where disk space is tight, is that there
- may be insufficient room available or allowed to uncompress all folders at
- the same time. The easy answer to that is to delete mail that isn't needed
- there on line, but to remove selected letters from folders you have to
- uncompress all folders at once, so the easy answer can't be applied.
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