HUGE mbox, what to do?

[ntsf]

I have an mbox file on my server that's 500 megs. I can't even access my email any longer.

I went ahead and downloaded the file to my pc, which fixed the problem, but I need those emails... Any suggestions for accessing them? I have a 500mb mbox file on my home pc...

In the past I used a file splitter and browsed the hundreds of text files it created; I don't want to do that again!

 

[ntsf]

 

[ntsf]

no ideas?

 

[tjaisv]

what's an mbox file?

 

[PCHPlayer]

Don't know what it is, but I assume it is some kind of mail file. Try to compact the file using your mail program.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Netscape 4.x, and I would assume recent Mozilla and Thunderbird builds, use the mbox format natively. You should be able to create a local user profile, and then copy that 'mbox' mail spool as a file into the mail store directory under your user profile, and go to town on it.