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==Accounts== | |||
There is no known limit of the | There is no known limit of the number of accounts you can have. If you run into one, it probably would be a bug in how many accounts the folder pane can display. One user mentioned using 23 POP accounts, plus the [[Local Folders]] "special account". | ||
==Attachments== | |||
Thunderbird doesn't appear to impose any limit on the number of attachments or the maximum size of the attachment you can send in a message. Any limits are due to your | Thunderbird doesn't appear to impose any limit on the number of attachments or the maximum size of the attachment you can send in a message. Any limits are due to your e-mail provider or SMTP server. Note that sending a binary file as a attatchment increases its size by a third due to base64 encoding sending two 8-bit characters as three 7-bit ASCII characters. | ||
==E-mail addresses== | |||
There appears to be a limit of approximately 60 addresses when sending messages if you enter each address | There appears to be a limit of approximately 60 addresses when sending messages if you enter each address separately. However, if you use [[Mailing lists | lists]] (mail distribution lists) for most of the addresses any limit is imposed by whatever SMTP server you use. | ||
You can receive messages sent to multiple addresses in the same mailbox. Any limitations would be due to your | You can receive messages sent to multiple addresses in the same mailbox. Any limitations would be due to your e-mail provider. | ||
==Folders and messages== | |||
Outlook 2002 (and earlier versions) has a 2GB limit for the maximum size of a .PST file. Thunderbird doesn't store the folders in a single central file. It stores each folder in a | Outlook 2002 (and earlier versions) has a 2GB limit for the maximum size of a .PST file. Thunderbird doesn't store the folders in a single central file. It stores each folder in a separate file, using the mbox format. There is no known limit on the number of folders. The maximum size of a folder is 4GB unless the file system limits the maximum file size to a lower value. This shouldn't be an issue unless you're using OS/2. The mbox files (your folders) are stored in a [[profile folder]] on your boot disk by default. This would normally limit how much mail you can store to the free space on your boot disk. However, you can use the [[Profile Manager]] to create a profile wherever you want (inlcuding file shares). It's also possible to configure the mail directories and/or the Local Folders directory to be [[Moving your mail storage location (Thunderbird)| stored outside of the profile]], on any drive or directory. This means the effective limit is how much free disk space you have. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Multiple identities per e-mail account]] | |||
==External links== | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems Comparison of file systems] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems Comparison of file systems] | ||
* [http://www.mozilla.org/mailnews/arch/accountmanager.html Multiple Accounts API] | * [http://www.mozilla.org/mailnews/arch/accountmanager.html Multiple Accounts API] | ||
[[Category:Thunderbird]] | [[Category:Thunderbird]] | ||
Revision as of 03:10, 26 December 2005
Accounts
There is no known limit of the number of accounts you can have. If you run into one, it probably would be a bug in how many accounts the folder pane can display. One user mentioned using 23 POP accounts, plus the Local Folders "special account".
Attachments
Thunderbird doesn't appear to impose any limit on the number of attachments or the maximum size of the attachment you can send in a message. Any limits are due to your e-mail provider or SMTP server. Note that sending a binary file as a attatchment increases its size by a third due to base64 encoding sending two 8-bit characters as three 7-bit ASCII characters.
E-mail addresses
There appears to be a limit of approximately 60 addresses when sending messages if you enter each address separately. However, if you use lists (mail distribution lists) for most of the addresses any limit is imposed by whatever SMTP server you use.
You can receive messages sent to multiple addresses in the same mailbox. Any limitations would be due to your e-mail provider.
Folders and messages
Outlook 2002 (and earlier versions) has a 2GB limit for the maximum size of a .PST file. Thunderbird doesn't store the folders in a single central file. It stores each folder in a separate file, using the mbox format. There is no known limit on the number of folders. The maximum size of a folder is 4GB unless the file system limits the maximum file size to a lower value. This shouldn't be an issue unless you're using OS/2. The mbox files (your folders) are stored in a profile folder on your boot disk by default. This would normally limit how much mail you can store to the free space on your boot disk. However, you can use the Profile Manager to create a profile wherever you want (inlcuding file shares). It's also possible to configure the mail directories and/or the Local Folders directory to be stored outside of the profile, on any drive or directory. This means the effective limit is how much free disk space you have.
