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userid

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Nov 23, 2009, 4:51:38 AM11/23/09
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How does it impact on global performance the choice to keep all the
emails stored in one Archive folder (I'm already at 1.4 GB with it)
instead of the new TB Archives structure (one archive folder per year)?

Before moving and removing, I'd like to know if someone has already
figured it out..

Thanks in advance

-Franco

Ron Hunter

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Nov 23, 2009, 7:41:01 AM11/23/09
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It depends on several things. One, the speed of your processor, and HD.
Two, how much RAM you have, and Three, your level of patience. At
some point, the file seems to reach a 'breaking point' at which it
becomes much to slow to tolerate. At that point, it behooves you to
either delete and compact, or start another file.

Lou

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Nov 23, 2009, 7:58:05 AM11/23/09
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Well there is an index that has to be maintained every time you add more
so the more there is the slower it will go. Can you really feel the
difference? Thats up to you.

Greywolf

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Nov 23, 2009, 9:27:01 AM11/23/09
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Ron Hunter wrote:
> On 11/23/2009 3:51 AM, userid wrote:
>> How does it impact on global performance the choice to keep all the
>> emails stored in one Archive folder (I'm already at 1.4 GB with it)
>> instead of the new TB Archives structure (one archive folder per year)?
>>
>> Before moving and removing, I'd like to know if someone has already
>> figured it out..
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> -Franco
>
> It depends on several things. One, the speed of your processor, and HD.
> Two, how much RAM you have, and Three, your level of patience. At some
> point, the file seems to reach a 'breaking point' at which it becomes
> much too slow to tolerate. At that point, it behooves you to either
> delete and compact, or start another file.
>

If you have an older OS, there is also a file size limit imposed by it.
A file that exceeds this limit can cause all kinds of havoc when the
program tries to access it.

a) As advised above, Compact all folders. You can set TB to do this for
you automatically:
Tools > Options > Advanced > Disk Space.
Check the box, and enter a suitable number (I entered 300).

b) Save As the news posts in external folders - don't let TB put them in
a folder for you. Besides avoiding the large file size problem, a well
constructed folder tree makes it easy to file and find data.

Cheers,
wolf k.

userid

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Nov 23, 2009, 12:48:43 PM11/23/09
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Thanks all for the inputs. I've recently bought a netbook - xp, 1GB RAM
and Atom Z520: not the fastest combo.
I like the GMail concept, one archive for all and a good search function.
TB3 automagically creates yearly sub folder archives that partially
screw up the structure. I'd preferred to keep the Gmail idea alive but
things can only get worse with 1+GB folder

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