message limits

[R. Kelley Cook]

On Tue, 02 Nov 1999 11:41:15 -0800, Chris Adams wrote:

>On Mon, 01 Nov 1999 22:20:15 -0500, Jim Blancet wrote:
>
>>What are the limits to number of message in a particular folder 
>in Windows 98 and PMMail 2000?
>
>I don't believe there is a limit beyond the system imposed 
>limits but you'll run into their very inefficient list-populating 
>code well before then - a folder with a thousand messages takes ~2-3 
>seconds to open on my PII-350. One day someone who's heard of a 
>paged listbox might get access to the code...

My miscellaneous inbox folder with approximately 2000 messages opens
instantaneously on a Pentium 166.

This is on OS/2 though.