TB - Sort add-on

[jd1008]

On 07/06/2015 11:18 AM, Gordon Messmer wrote:
> On 07/06/2015 09:46 AM, jd1008 wrote:
>> Add to this is that the entire mozilla libraries are still
>> using 32 bit file size limits!
>> Just tried it by catenating many folders into a single folder
>> exceeding 4GB (11.8 GB, to be exact). 
>
> Yes, and Maildir is the intended solution to that limit, because 
> compacting mbox files is an expensive operation, and incremental 
> backup of mbox files is difficult or impossible depending on your 
> backup software.
Well, I just wanted to underscore that the MozDev team is simply INCAPABLE
of prting the Moz libraries into the present time. They are indeed stuck 
in a time
loop of 32 bits.

>
> Note that you *can* use a folder larger than 4GB if it is IMAP, and 
> only if it is IMAP.
Certainly - because the Google server handles huge files and filesystems 
and devices.

Not sure about other mail servers.