We have no problems, some of our weekly archive files are over 512MB, and
they index ok.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Verity" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 11:47 AM
Subject: Yearly v.s. monthly historical archives


> For most our our lists, I keep archives for just a short period of
> time, typically less than a year.  But a few are archived forever.
> Currently the old archives are monthly, so each year has 12 files.  I
> suspect people might visually browse recent archives but might only
> search older archives with the web or email tools.  What would the
> pros and cons be for creating yearly files for past years?
>
> Some pros the come to mind are:
>
> * Fewer files on the server.
> * Shorter screens on the archive web pages.
>
> A  con might be:
> * Larger files on the server
> * Server might balk at indexing large yearly files.
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