FWIW, I have a big database, 500MB recently compressed, w/ perh 80,000 or more messages. I often read my mail by mounting a disk over the network, and opening the database on that disk. Due to whatever cause (sometimes my mistake, sometimes something unavoidable), I have probably "pulled the plug" on Powermail--disconnecting the server machine without closing the file first--perhaps 20 times. This is a big Bozo No No for databases of any type, and regularly leads to corruption.
I have experienced no corruption, nor hints of strange behavior, in Powermail, making me think that the database engine is extraordinarily robust, much more robust than say, FileMaker 6 or Quicken. Filemaker 6 in particular is well known to suffer corruption when you "pull the plug." When I started w/ Powermail about 2 years ago, I looked at Mail and Entourage. Both seemed to choke when fed 50,000 emails or so, so I chose Powermail. And that was with a different database engine in the earlier version of Powermail. A Dr Dave at Fri, 2 Jul 2004 03:55:09 -0700 said: >In the past, I have heard a number of reports of powermail database >corruption. As a Powermail user, can you confirm this? How has it >affected you, if at all. Have you lost data? Has this been fixed in the >newest version? I'm a long time Claris Emailer User and I can see that >PowerMail has a strong similarity, which I think is wonderful. However, >in order for me to commit to a new tool as important as an email client, >the database integrity must be absolutely solid. So I'm asking for your >informed, honest & "inside opinion". Many Thanks! >Please feel free to respond either on or off list. > >Dave > > > >
