Mail Database Size Limit?

Hello,
I have an Entourage DB that is over 6GB. Does anyone know if there will be any issues importing a DB this size into Mail and does Mail have a DB size limit? Thanks!

Hello,
I cannot speak to how well Mail will import from Entourage, but there is no limit on the Mail folder (which is the database for Mail). Mail has an account folder for each email account you have, as well as still another folder for custom On My Mac mailboxes (folders) you create. Within each account folder there is a set of standard mailbox folders -- INBOX.mbox, Sent Message.mbox, etc. It is only on each xxxx.mbox folder that there are any limits -- roughly each xxxx.mbox should not reach or exceed 2 GB in Mail 2.x or Mail 3.x (Leopard's version).
Currently my Mail folder is 7.5 GB in total.
Ernie
Message was edited by: Ernie Stamper

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