Mbox file sizing
Imagine having more than 30 Accounts to be added on a single profile my concern is how will Thunderbird handles file size if it's using one file (MBOX) and if the file has no solution, can I create files and keep mails on them until they reach max size?
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To me, you seem to be reaching a possibility of a dedicated server. I say that, only because a major issue is having the resource power to funnel all those accounts through thunderbird. speed and fast networking become paramount. A downside of mbox is that the need to periodically compress could easily, for the short term, double the storage requirements. So, maildir seems a better alternative to what is not a good environment to start with. My understanding is that Maildir may not be as stable in Thunderbird as is mbox. https://kb.mozillazine.org/Limits_-_Thunderbird may provide more info. AND, I am NOT an expert in this. My comments are from my experienc in working with email, both private and corporate - and I am a novice on the technical aspects.
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Thunderbird does not have a size limit.
Hi, David what I meant by size is the file size in NTFS whenever the Mbox file reaches high space what does TP do or should I just work with maildir?
I am not familiar with maildir or NTFS, but Thunderbird does not, to my knowledge, have size restrictions. Also, your 30 accounts would be 30 mbox files, not one.
one of the accounts can reach more than 40 and 50 giga every 6 maybe 7 months so, the single MBOX file for the single mail will eventually reach more than what windows OS supports any idea what to do around this?
選擇的解決方法
To me, you seem to be reaching a possibility of a dedicated server. I say that, only because a major issue is having the resource power to funnel all those accounts through thunderbird. speed and fast networking become paramount. A downside of mbox is that the need to periodically compress could easily, for the short term, double the storage requirements. So, maildir seems a better alternative to what is not a good environment to start with. My understanding is that Maildir may not be as stable in Thunderbird as is mbox. https://kb.mozillazine.org/Limits_-_Thunderbird may provide more info. AND, I am NOT an expert in this. My comments are from my experienc in working with email, both private and corporate - and I am a novice on the technical aspects.
how will Thunderbird handles file size if it's using one file (MBOX)
It's one mbox file per folder, and not one mbox file for everything. Obviously the risk for mail file corruption becomes greater when Inbox files reach tens of gigabytes in size. However, if this is supposed to run on Windows, I'd be much more worried about mail file corruption caused by anti-virus software. So make sure to create an exception in your anti-virus software for the Thunderbird profile folder. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-thunderbird-stores-user-data#w_how-do-i-find-my-profile
Also, use the archiving feature to keep the Inbox as tidy as possible. This helps to spread the large no. of messages across multiple folders. https://support.mozilla.org/kb/archived-messages
Thank you all for your answers My issue is that due to the nature of the end user's work he will have to keep mails indefinitely which I's quite sure that even single MBOX file per mailbox is never going to be enough due to sizing issues that's why I don't think that single MBOX can handle our entire work unless if TP can use that MBOX as an offline file to access old mails something like outlook and PST files if you know what I mean!!
he will have to keep mails indefinitely which I's quite sure that even single MBOX file per mailbox is never going to be enough due to sizing issues
That might be the case if you would accumulate messages in Inbox, which is a bad idea regardless. Therefore the suggestion to take a look at the Archive feature.
I don't think that single MBOX can handle our entire work unless if TP can use that MBOX as an offline file to access old mails something like outlook and PST files if you know what I mean!!
Thunderbird doesn't have a PST file, so this is a moot point. And no, I don't understand what you're up to.
I would use message filters to distribute the messages from the inbox to local folders if there is a logical way to distribute them.
I've been using maildir. I do not know if it can be trusted with a large number of messages that must be preserved.