Hi, List! Actually, I made this same suggestion about two or three months ago. Dean thought it a good idea at the time, but was going to put it in the suggestion pile for the Development Team to look at. I hope they are considering it very strongly, though. It would be a nice tool to have!
Diane Garrett/Leader Daisy Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (918) 664-5731 > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Don Bishop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 22:15:33 -0700 >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Help, ?ree weird problems with my email >Tom, >You know, the automatic freeing of database space is really a good idea. I've >finally gotten myself into the habbit of doing it, but wonder if there is some >reason I haven't figured out yet as to why it is done manually? >Don >On Tue, 24 May 2005 21:13:41 -0700, Tom Lange wrote: >Hi Don, >You wrote: >Also, after finally emptying the trash, it's a good idea to free >>database space from the keymail setup options menu. >>Actually, you can free database space whenever you like without regard to >>whether or or not you empty the trash. This may speed up operation of the >email >>client in many cases. >Good point. I have some suggestions in this regard. Forgetting to free up >database space has caused me considerable grief. Since upgrading to KS 6.11, >I have been using the BN a lot for reading every-mail, and I'm on a lot of >every-mail lists, consequently, it's not uncommon for me to receive at least a >couple >hundred messages per day. When things really got out of hand, my couldb file >was over 2 megs, probably closer to 3. Performance went right down the >tubes. I called up tech support and was told that I had no recourse other >than to delete each message in the larger folders manually, or I had to >destroy the >couldb file altogether to get email running again. Neither option was >particularly appealing, and I did in fact destroy the couldb file to get back >in business. >So, I'd like to see two things included in a future version of keymail. >First, I'd like to see an additional setup option to free database >automatically when >exiting keymail. Ditto for automatic emptying of the > trash folder. I don't know if those are doable, but I thought I'd throw > those suggestions out there for consideration anyway. >Oh, and while I'm at it, I'd like to know how one backs up every-mail folders, >moving them off to a CF card. >That's enough for now I guess. >Cheers! >Tom >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
