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Daniel C Bastos writes:

> I'm dealing with an INBOX of size 252 MiB and I expect it to double on
> my next mail downloads. I use VM under the GNU emacs. How can I increase
> the buffer?

Does VM support other formats for mail boxes?  You could try using the
MH format for your mail boxes, if VM supports it.  It stores one
message per file.

Gnus supports MH mail boxes and the nnml format, a Gnus specific
one-file-per-message format.

-- 
Emílio C. Lopes
Munich, Germany