Vista - disk size of email

i hope there is a simple way i can figure out not just the total number of
email in a folder/tree in windows mail, but the total file size. i wish to
confirm if there are any size limit that windows mail can support before it
fails.

Hi LL,

I have not heard of any size limit other than the size of your hard drive.

The location of the messages are here :

C:\Users\(your username)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail\Local Folders.

NOTE: You must have "Show hidden files and folders" checked in Folder Options to see "AppData".

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Its very robust with the messages now being stored separately from the
database. I've tested with 300,000 messages in one folder.

steve

"LL" <LL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BB4D0CF8-B4A3-449A-8F20-CB0CD475F0F9@microsoft.com...
>i hope there is a simple way i can figure out not just the total number of
> email in a folder/tree in windows mail, but the total file size. i wish to
> confirm if there are any size limit that windows mail can support before
> it
> fails.

I overstated. I tested with 132,000 messages not 300,000.

steve

"Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote in message
news:6426C834-7A62-4402-AC72-17112960B803@microsoft.com...
> Its very robust with the messages now being stored separately from the
> database. I've tested with 300,000 messages in one folder.
>
> steve
>
> "LL" <LL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:BB4D0CF8-B4A3-449A-8F20-CB0CD475F0F9@microsoft.com...
>>i hope there is a simple way i can figure out not just the total number of
>> email in a folder/tree in windows mail, but the total file size. i wish
>> to
>> confirm if there are any size limit that windows mail can support before
>> it
>> fails.
>

Needless to say, your test folder was larger than 100 MG. :-)
--
Ronald Sommer

"Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote in message
news:B805C6EC-B430-416A-A3FB-DDB9F73CB32A@microsoft.com...
:I overstated. I tested with 132,000 messages not 300,000.
:
: steve
:
: "Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote in message
: news:6426C834-7A62-4402-AC72-17112960B803@microsoft.com...
: > Its very robust with the messages now being stored separately from the
: > database. I've tested with 300,000 messages in one folder.
: >
: > steve
: >
: > "LL" <LL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
: > news:BB4D0CF8-B4A3-449A-8F20-CB0CD475F0F9@microsoft.com...
: >>i hope there is a simple way i can figure out not just the total number
of
: >> email in a folder/tree in windows mail, but the total file size. i wish
: >> to
: >> confirm if there are any size limit that windows mail can support
before
: >> it
: >> fails.
: >
:

Well a "folder" in WinMail is a directory of eml files. Its 1.2 gigabytes
with those messages.

steve

"Ron Sommer" <rsommer@nospam.ktis.net> wrote in message
news:uAqnKIQ1HHA.5884@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Needless to say, your test folder was larger than 100 MG. :-)
> --
> Ronald Sommer
>
> "Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote in message
> news:B805C6EC-B430-416A-A3FB-DDB9F73CB32A@microsoft.com...
> :I overstated. I tested with 132,000 messages not 300,000.
> :
> : steve
> :
> : "Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote in message
> : news:6426C834-7A62-4402-AC72-17112960B803@microsoft.com...
> : > Its very robust with the messages now being stored separately from the
> : > database. I've tested with 300,000 messages in one folder.
> : >
> : > steve
> : >
> : > "LL" <LL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> : > news:BB4D0CF8-B4A3-449A-8F20-CB0CD475F0F9@microsoft.com...
> : >>i hope there is a simple way i can figure out not just the total
> number
> of
> : >> email in a folder/tree in windows mail, but the total file size. i
> wish
> : >> to
> : >> confirm if there are any size limit that windows mail can support
> before
> : >> it
> : >> fails.
> : >
> :
>