Jeremy,
Interesting - hadn't heard about that slowdown thing. Unfortunately,
that's not happening on my system - that is, it does happen (though the
database never changes during a backup, which happens in the middle of
the night), but I have quit and re-launched PM with no change in
performance characteristics.
On 4/22/05 at 6:17 PM, Jeremy Hughes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said:
>>That's just the thing: no. It's PowerMail that's being a snail, all else
>>is fine. I can load a web page in a snap while PowerMail is taking 45
>>seconds to fetch 17 pieces of emails each 1-3k in size (which is
>>frontmost doesn't seem to have any effect).
>
>Do you use Retrospect or other backup software? PowerMail slows
>dramatically if it was left running during a Retrospect backup (maybe
>other backup programs as well). Restarting PowerMail fixes this problem.
>
>It's good to quit PowerMail before a backup, in any case - you don't want
>the mail database to be changed while it's being backed up.
Steve Abrahamson
Ascending Technologies
FileMaker 7 Certified Developer
http://www.asctech.com
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