John Aldrich wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:
 RJT> I far prefer to set a number (real high,  though,  so you won't 
 RJT> likely reach it -- like 2500 or whatever) for a maximum limit,  
 RJT> and then set the base to keep a specified number of days.  This 
 RJT> allows the mail to get tossed quicker and you need to run 
 RJT> sqpack every so often,  but I like that approach better.
 JA> True...but you still need to SQSET if you've change the number 
 JA> of messages you keep in your MSGAREA.CTL... :)
I don't specify any of that stuff in msgarea.ctl.
I find it somewhat confusing to be able to set it up there,  in squish.cfg,  
and to "set" the bases themselves,  in terms of which of these is going to 
override other ones.  It appears that setting stuff in squish.cfg can 
override stuff that you do with sqset,  but I'm not sure.
What I've ended up doing here is not specifying any limits at all in the 
config files,  and when I first turn an echo on I'll look after a while and 
get a feel for how much traffic it's going to see,  and then pick a time and 
use SQSET on it once.
The only disadvantage to this is that if you trash a file somehow and need to 
run SQFIX on it,  you'll want to look at the settings that are in place with 
SQSET _first_,  fix the file,  and then set it again when you're done.
email: roy.j.tellason%tanstaaf@frackit.com 
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