Bad Signature - Both Roundcube and Squirrelmail webmail cannot search for anything + cannot open many emails because there are more than 200, 000 emails in my Inbox

Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming ceo.teo.en.ming at gmail.com
Tue Apr 19 23:16:21 UTC 2022


I used to have 4-5 MILLION email messages in my Gmail email account,
more than 10 years ago.

Regards,

Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming
Targeted Individual in Singapore
20 Apr 2022 Wednesday


On Tue, 19 Apr 2022 at 06:23, Joseph Tam <jtam.home at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 18 Apr 2022, Paul Kudla (SCOM.CA Internet) wrote:
>
> > As for the 200,000+ emails in the inbox no email system was ever designed for
> > that - ever.
> >...
> > no system will support 200,000 + emails, even if the server can handle that
> > and running imap where you only download the headers the email client would
> > just spin trying to update the email box constantantly.
>
> I think Gmail does exaclty this -- their mail system really has one
> big mesage repository, and they simulate mailboxes by using labels.
> They seem to encourage piling the message high and using their search
> or auto-labelling features to find what you're looking for.
>
> Users of mine who previously used Gmail expect our mail system to behave
> similarly, and I have to break them of their habit to packrat all their
> mail into their INBOX.
>
> Joseph Tam <jtam.home at gmail.com>


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