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= Increase the allowed number of open files for Apple's mail client =
There is a bug in later point-releases of Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" which leads to error messages referring to "too many open files" under some circumstances. Here's how to fix that:
# 256 files is not enough for Mail.app limit maxfiles 2048then save the file (if using vi, hit the "Escape" key, then "ZZ")