[Imap-uw] Mix filesize

[Mark Crispin]

On Mon, 17 Sep 2007, Joel Reicher wrote:
> On a slightly related note, do you have anything planned for when "gaps"
> appear in "old" mix data files?

I currently have no plans to do anything about that.

However, note that the mixcvt program can be used with a mix source 
mailbox.  So, at the cost of having to back up the entire mailbox, you can 
reallocate messages into fewer data files.  In other words, a reallocation 
procedure could be something like:
 	mixcvt name tempnewname
 	mv name tempoldname;mv tempnewname name
 	rm -r tempoldname

In general, I feel that the cure is usually worse than the disease. 
Since the mixcvt option exists for those who disagree (and/or an extreme 
case of small files) I don't believe that it is worthwhile to deal with 
the issue in the mix driver.

> Won't late deletions cause the old files
> to drop below MIXDATAROLL? Perhaps even a lot below it?
> Or do you not expect this to be a problem?

Yes, yes, and no.

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