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I've transferred the bulk of my 1.5Gb Outlook mailbox to Gmail. Gmail can barely handle it.

Posted by Mop (219 lbs) (aka rburriel) Jul 14 '10, 14:34

Firstly, Gmail consumes less space than Outlook. So 1.5Gb of Outlook equals only about 1Gb in Gmail. Gmail gives you almost 8Gb of space, so it's not like I'm using a crazy amount of space. It's only about 25,000 messages. But when I open Gmail, I get the message that says this script has been running too long. Would I like to continue running this script?

It happens on every computer I use, regardless of operating system or network speed. I'm disappointed.

Mop

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Maybe you should have that many in the Inbox at one time. Just sayin'. -- nm - sycor Jul 14, 14:56 8
- should not, you mean? I was thinking to myself, did he forward 25.000 times, or can you forward entire folders at a time? Or some other nifty method.. -- nm - facto Jul 14, 14:58 7
  - Gmail does IMAP. I opened the account in my Outlook and just dragged the folders (there are *hundreds*) over. -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 14, 15:02 2
    - he that brougt a sweat to your exchange server i bet :) - Danedukenuuk Jul 14, 15:05
    - k, thanks.. seems I've not been paying attention much lately -- nm - facto Jul 14, 15:04
  - ctrl - alt and click "forward"/"send to" - Danedukenuuk Jul 14, 15:00 3
    - Is that Outlook-specific, by any chance.. ? (the ctrl - alt click forward) -- nm - facto Jul 14, 15:03 2
      - windows ctrl-alt select the content of a "frame" - Danedukenuuk Jul 14, 15:04 1
        
        thankie thanks -- nm - facto Jul 14, 15:16
25K messages????????? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 14, 14:39 9
- They've paid off in terms of blackmail may times over. -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 14, 14:43 1
  - and you complain about googles free of charge service????? - Danedukenuuk Jul 14, 14:46
- One would think that not all those were necessary to keep for posterity, indeed :-) -- nm - facto Jul 14, 14:40 6
  - you can keep them for enternaty but in the same mailbox? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 14, 14:42 5
    - Not in the same folder! -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 14, 14:42 4
      - i'd move all older than 24 months out of my mailbox personally -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jul 14, 14:45 3
        
        I'll print them out and put them in a binder! - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 14, 14:47 2
        
        in the good old days i'd copy the mailbox into a new name - Danedukenuuk Jul 14, 14:54
        
        He sees the matrix! OMG, he's the chosen one... -- nm - facto Jul 14, 14:53
Almost every day, my PC comes to a point where it grinds to a halt for about 20 mins, until finally a dialogue box says that a script stopped running - facto Jul 14, 14:38
did you mess with the themes? - tRuMaN Jul 14, 14:35 1
- I'll try a different one. -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Jul 14, 14:35

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