8 Dec
2019
8 Dec
'19
2:54 a.m.
On Saturday 07 December 2019 18:42:25 Gene Heskett wrote:
On Saturday 07 December 2019 21:05:09 William Morder
via trinity-users
wrote:
Due to a combination of weird circumstances, I am running 32-bit, so you could
be right. But I intend to upgrade in the next few months, so that I can get
into the latest Debian/Devuan releases, Buster, etc.
On Saturday 07 December 2019 16:16:30 Gene
Heskett wrote:
Just this past week I went looking for something in the emc list, and
found the msg in the folder for 2012. Thats admittedly a bit old, but it
answered the question. Normal searches are usually hit in the same year
as current.
On Saturday 07 December 2019 18:11:26 E. Liddell
wrote:
Myself, I would archive the "really" old stuff (everything older than
some arbitrary date). Put it somewhere safe, like on a separate drive,
or at least in a separate folder, so that Kmail doesn't get into it.
Best guess is that it is just the size of your archive that is causing
the problems. How often do you actually search back into your archives
for an email older than, say, 6 months or a year past? On Sat, 7 Dec 2019 12:02:31 -0500
Gene Heskett <gheskett(a)shentel.net> wrote:
> On Saturday 07 December 2019 10:05:31 Michael wrote:
> > “touch” will let you change Access and Modify datetimes.
>
> Humm, but I want to modify the creation times, to make that
> equal arrival time from the date/time of arrival from
> $servername in the header. Even the pinfo version can only
> diddle access (atime) and modify time (mtime) but no mention of
> ctime is made. That sounds like I am screwed. Do we have
> anything which can diddle the ctime's?
From the look of it, it's intentionally difficult to modify on
command. Calling chown on the file will set the ctime to the
current time (even if the file's ownership isn't actually
changed), so you can diddle the system time then do that. Most of
the other methods seem to involve debugfs, virtual machines, and
other exotica.
You know, if you don't need access to all of your old email
constantly, you could just turn your mail directory into a
symlink, split the last year or two of mail off into a separate
directory from the older stuff and point the symlink there, and
redirect the symlink if you need the older mail. Or split the
older mail off into a separate user account. Because it really
seems like you're going to a lot of trouble for very little return
here.
I'm forced to agree. But if I have to do that, its likely I'll just
jump ship to claws or even (spit) t-bird. This has been bugging me
off and on for at least 5 years, and I've been mostly ignored, sent
hundreds of crash reports all to no avail as far as solving the
problem is concerned. Paypal has no clue who Tim is, so I've not
been able to contribute, which bothers the hell outta me as a firm
believer in TANSTAAFL. Not having paid my dues, I don't feel like I
can demand.
Wrong list, but can claws handle a 20+ gig corpus of email
stretching back 20 years?
E. Liddell
Thanks, E. Lidell If you need to search the archives, deal with
that problem as the need
arises, rather than fighting this same losing battle, over and over,
for little or no useful purpose.
By the way, I have used Claws and Sylpheed just a little. (I believe
Sylpheed was forked from Claws, or the other way around.) I was
interested in getting a cross-platform email client, so that I could
use a portable app on a flash drive, if I am ever out and about. They
work okay, but they lack the functionality of Kmail.
Thats been my impression also. And I think the problems with kmail are
directly related to its 32 bit parentage. If someone were to go thru it
and size every pointer or counter for a 64 bit system, I'd bet a case of
your favorite suds this would all go away.
That would be Guinness Stout, either real draught (a keg, not in the cans), or
the regular bottles. I am also aching to find Guinness (Russian) Imperial
Stout. I hear it is really something.
Damn, now I will have to go out to get some Guinness, and I blame it all on
you, Gene.
But it might take 2 or 3
man/months to check and adjust it all. And THAT isn't going to be done
just because those coders love it, they like eating and sleeping in warm
houses etc too. Its past time we users spoke with our wallets again.
Paypal has since improved their service, so I've got another hundred
bucks to go with the hundred I tried to give the last time Tim asked for
money. All I need is a paypal address that works.
Cheers, Gene Heskett
Yup, I promised to send a donation for the Trinity project, and it is a point
of honor, but now I am wondering where to send the money. I would prefer just
to send a check (or cheque), or at least use my credit card, rather than
PayPal.
Bill