Question

I am installing a new mail system on my site and for the message body text i dont want to store it using MySql as it will just slow my server down, so i am thinking of storing it as .txt files on the server and using MySql to point at it and using

file_get_contents('file.txt'); to open it and maybe using BASE64 to encode the contents so its not plain text.

Would this be the best way to store the text or is there a better to store it?

Answer 1

You are taking it all wrong.
Storing the message body in mysql will not slow your server down.

is there a better to store it?

Sure. Store it in the database. That is what databases are for.