GERLAND@UBVMS.BITNET.UUCP (01/31/87)
>After consulting our system manager I learned that MAIl can only extend >MAIL.MAI, but it can't shorten it after deleting messages. In my case it >was no problem, as I only had to delete MAIL.MAI, but what do you have to >do if you want to keep some messages (so you can't just delete MAIL.MAI). Three slaps with a wet noodle to your system manager for such poor advice. MAIL can indeed reduce the size of MAIL.MAI. In MAIL type COMPRESS and watch it work. MAIL will create a new MAIL.MAI;1 file and a MAIL.OLD;1 file which you can delete. You will notice a large reduction in block size if this is the first time you do it. I COMPRESS my MAIL.MAI file daily. Jim Gerland ( UCS POSTMASTER ) Computer Center Room 226 University Computing Services State University of New York at Buffalo Buffalo, NY 14260 (716) 636-3557 BITNET: gerland@ubvms (VAX/VMS) gerland@ubvm (VM/CMS) CSNET: gerland@buffalo UUCP: ...{alegra,decvax,watmath}!sunybcs!gerland
TBLAKE@BINGVAXA.BITNET.UUCP (02/03/87)
When your MAIL files get huge, and you are running out of your
disk quota, try using the COMPRESS command.
An interesting bug-a-boo, COMPRESS uses a temp file, which it makes
from the file being compressed. COMPRESS also keeps the old file around
(just in case). As a result, you gotta have disk space to make disk space.
TBLAKE@BINGVAXB.BITNET Thomas R. Blake
TBLAKE@suny-bing.CSNET SUNY Computer Center
Binghamton, NY 13901