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From: elsn4000@mailgzrz.tu-berlin.de (Frank Elsner)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: Limit on number of msgs in folder?
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Date: 27 Nov 90 11:27:13 GMT
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In article <1990Nov26.172740.16675@mozart.amd.com> eleight@bali.amd.com (Elizabeth Leight) writes:
>Is there a limit on the number of messages in a folder that ELM can 
>handle?  We're running ELM 2.3 PL8; someone in my group has a folder
>with over 1,000 mail messages, and plain mail handles it okay,
>but in elm, the messages are displayed strangely, starting in the
>middle of messages, as though pointers to the tops of messages are
>messed up.
 
I can't produce the effect you've described on a folder with 1749 messages in.
I'm using:

	Elm 2.3 PL8, of May 1, 1990
	(C) Copyright 1986, 1987 Dave Taylor
	(C) Copyright 1988, 1989, 1990 USENET Community Trust
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	Configured Fri Nov 16 13:19:06 MEZ 1990
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	From: and Reply-To: addresses are good: USE_EMBEDDED_ADDRESSES
	Return addresses will not be optimized: not OPTIMIZE_RETURN
	Prefers Internet address formats: INTERNET
	Debug options are available: DEBUG
	Crypt function enabled: CRYPT
	Mailbox editing included: ALLOW_MAILBOX_EDITING
	Calendar file feature enabled: ENABLE_CALENDAR
		(Default calendar file is calendar)

Frank Elsner (TUBerlin/ZRZ Postmaster)