At 01:18 AM 4/10/01 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote the following:
>Thanks for the reply Gerry, I am not much wiser though, I don't use
>newsgroups. and only occasionally use outlook express. mainly use
>Pocomail as my email client. why all these files suddenly appeared in
>my doc folder on the desktop is a mystery to me. As to those database
>programs, no, ain't using them cos I don't know what they are :>)
I checked, Poco mail also uses IDX files.
<quote>
Mailboxes also use ancillary files to speed up operation: ".idx", ".d" and
'.dat' files. IDX files are the index files, used to track messages and
status changes, until you compress the mailbox. D files keep track of
deleted messages for compress mailbox operation. If you make any changes to
the mailbox outside Poco, Poco will automatically invalidate the Index file
and rebuild a new one, while at the same time using the information from the
old Index file and the Deleted messages file to retain any status
information. Finally, DAT files contain mailbox specific settings.
<unquote>
See http://www.pocomail.com/help/working.html
Probably some setting in Poco mail is causing the problem (:<)
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Gerry Boyd -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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