Hi Mike,

 MB> The question I have is:  With Squish and a *.msg 
 MB> message base, is there a maximum message number that 
 MB> can be handled?  

I think you may find that its more a file system limitation than anything
else. .msg format is pretty inefficient when you start talking about
thousands of messages. Even with 500 messages, .sqd format performance
beats .msg by quite a large factor. The reason relates to the structure
used for FAT directory space when it needs to expand, its just not that
good for larger numbers (IE over about 500 files).

If I recall correctly, the Squish API holds the message base index in
memory, so its probably more of a memory limitiation than anything else. I
have heard of people with 50,000+ message stored in one Squish area, but I
have not done that myself...

 MB> And I am using *.msg format because I have become 
 MB> rather comfortable with them over the last 15 years or 
 MB> more of being a point, and why change a known good 
 MB> thing?  :-)

Sorry, I wouldn't can't call FAT good for much these days....;-), except
perhaps some level of transportability, which is moot given the ease of
Networking machines these days.

Regardless of File system and memmory availability, I am pretty sure the
Squish API allows for at least 2,000,000 messages (probably even 4,000,000)
in a message base. Is that enough? 

Cheers...................pk.


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