Rather than hijack a thread, I figured I'd make a new one. The quote comes
from sent message diasppeared on 10/13/06 sent 09:49.

Bruce Hagen wrote:

I'm not disagreeing with ANYthing because I'm sure the information is
accurate but I am asking a question for clarification:
....
Keep
user created folders under 100MB, and Default folders as empty as is
feasible.
....

Is it really 100 MB? Reason I ask is because I've downloaded attachments in
excess of 100M fairly often and without problems. They were ckt card
artworks, from Japan, for those who want to know. They never lived long in
the "Japan | Artwork" folder as they'd usually be saved to disk the same day
or next day latest, and there were never any problems. I never deleted the
mails with attachments though, until I was sure the artworks had made it to
archive, so it might have stretched to a few days over a weekend, say, plus
a day or two.
OTOH, the ones I Sent would sit in the Sent folder for a long time too.
So I had multiple OE 6 folders (XP & win2k) that routinely went beyond the
100 Meg, without any losses or corruption I ever noticed.
I'm retired now so there's no way I can test my claims using the same
setups (at work), so I figured it couldn't hurt to ask instead. Hell, with
this VZ connection, I can't even send out a 10 Meg file let alone 100 Meg.

I'm assuming there has to be a quantity of email entries or something else
related to this 100Meg, right?

There's nothing important or earth shaing in my question that I need the
answer for; it's mostly a curiousity and a bit of research, if you will. I
DO know that you can indeed corrupt the folders with quantities of emails
over time, but the size limit I can't seem to verify.
Somehow I think age has something to do with it too, but I've never been
able to prove it or find any credible evidence of that. Yes, I have a "test
bed" on a laptop that I play with.

Regards,

Pop`