>That's not the issue: the issue is that you're backing up an open file. >Database engines do housekeeping before the close a file. When Retrospect >restores it, all of the dirty flags and cleanup routines that are done >when the database engine closes a database won't have been done, things >internally are out of place for a file that's expected to be closed, and >the file may be unusable... even if Retrospect restores exactly what it >was given.
If the file is unusable, this will also be the case whenever there is a crash or power cut etc. I don't think PowerMail or other well-written applications behave like this. Anyway, it's not a problem for me. I normally log out before the backup runs. On the few occasions when I don't, I've noticed that PowerMail runs slowly until I restart it. Jeremy
