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                            Hints & Tips

• Host 2.0x performs best with 2,000 or fewer total messages. More messages slow Host down greatly.

• For additional speed, don’t let your UserLog grow out of control. A big UserLog slows down users when they log in (Host has to find the user’s name), slows down new message saves (Host searches the UserLog every time it saves a message — if the addressee is a bona fide user, Host sets his or her “mail waiting” flag) and also slows down Tabby message import programs.

• Use Tally’s* 10-day report to help you set message limits. This report shows you traffic during the last 10 days in each message section. Use this information to regulate low- and high-volume message sections. (Example: if you want to make sure that a caller who only checks in every four days never misses a message in the Writing Echo, scan the 10-day report for that Echo and set the limit to a figure that will handle the highest four-day total).

• To make sure that mehit never deletes NetMail you haven’t seen (for instance: when a system that feeds you messages has been down for a few days, it may deliver a packet which exceeds the limits you’ve set for some Echoes), run mehit at the beginning of your regular NetMail event, before any mail has been delivered. This gives you a 24-hour window in which to read everything.

* Tally is part of the Archie Registered Users package. To learn more, please read the Registration information section.