On 2019-02-16 19:24:56 +0000, mark lewis -> Wilfred van Velzen said:   
   >   
   > i do recall, on DOS systems, that there was a major slowdown of   
   > scanning files which JAM brought to the forefront... the problem was   
   > actually in the file system and the way that the OS managed FAT* areas   
   > with large numbers of files... folks thought they were putting (eg) 400   
   > message areas in one directory but they didn't realize they were really   
   > putting 1600 files in one directory... splitting the areas into   
   > directories with less than 255 _files_ (63 JAM areas) per directory   
   > sped the processing up by at least a magnitude...   
      
   Luckily those limitations no longer exist :-)   
      
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