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]> To: <[log in to unmask]> 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. > -- > Cheerfulness is contagious, but don't wait to catch it from others. > Be a "carrier". > > Bill Verity - 814-865-4758 Fax: 814-863-7049 > 215A Computer Building - Information Technology Services, Penn State University > At the office - on my Mac, of course ;-) > > > Inbound Mail Scanned by Mcafee Web Appliance. OutBound Mail Scanned by Mcafee Web Appliance.