Subj : Max Messages...
To   : Mike Bourne
From : Peter Knapper
Date : Sun Aug 10 2003 11:43 pm

Hi Mike,

 MB> The question I have is:  With Squish and a *.msg 
 MB> message base, is there a maximum message number that 
 MB> can be handled?  

I think you may find that its more a file system limitation than anything else. 
..msg format is pretty inefficient when you start talking about thousands of 
messages. Even with 500 messages, .sqd format performance beats .msg by quite a 
large factor. The reason relates to the structure used for FAT directory space 
when it needs to expand, its just not that good for larger numbers (IE over 
about 500 files).

If I recall correctly, the Squish API holds the message base index in memory, 
so its probably more of a memory limitiation than anything else. I have heard 
of people with 50,000+ message stored in one Squish area, but I have not done 
that myself...

 MB> And I am using *.msg format because I have become 
 MB> rather comfortable with them over the last 15 years or 
 MB> more of being a point, and why change a known good 
 MB> thing?  :-)

Sorry, I wouldn't can't call FAT good for much these days....;-), except 
perhaps some level of transportability, which is moot given the ease of 
Networking machines these days.

Regardless of File system and memmory availability, I am pretty sure the Squish 
API allows for at least 2,000,000 messages (probably even 4,000,000) in a 
message base. Is that enough? 

Cheers...................pk.


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