good that you found a solution. 2 things:
a) the pm key is a seperate key which you should be able to drag and drop onto a new version of pm which then should automatically upgrade, no need to 'read' the pm key file to upgrade (as far as i remember). b) when you delete messages it also deletes attachments. at least, this is how it works by me. ---marlyse -------------------------original message follows------------------------- >My backup situation is totally squared away now.. What my concern is in >relation to what happened during my last Powermail upgrade... After doing >the upgrade I couldn't read any of my email because my key was in an >email somewhere.... Because I couldn't enter the key, I couldn't read my >email... (the chicken-and-egg thing).. I now know that there is sort-of >a solution to this because of the attachments folder (although, now I >realize that even this is not going to be reliable because of the issue >we are now discussing)... > >The bottom line is, my email is vital - that's why I bought Powermail in >the first place... If something goes bad with it again, I at least need >to be able to get at my old email without jumping through a bunch of >hoops.. In my current situation I can fire up any email client and >redownload all of my email from the archive account and also have access >to that repository remotely, which I often travel so it is very helpful... > >My solution works very well for me and leaves me a warm comfy feeling, >except when Powermail isn't saving the attachments when a message is >redirected..... > >It seems really odd to me that emails which are DELETED leave their >attachments laying around (and using up my hard disk space! do you know >how hard it is to track all this garbage down and manually delete it?) >and messages which are redirected do not.... > >This is definitely frustrating because of the inconsistent logic which >seems to be applied to how attachments are handled... > >All of that being said -- I did actually find a solution to this... It >turns out that if you first MOVE the message into the folder and then >redirect it that the attachment remains.... Of course, the message has a >status of "redirected" so you need to set it back to "unread"... > >... yet more attachment inconsistencies.... As long as I don't upgrade >ever again I won't have to worry about this behavior changing, I guess.... > >- Greg > >>understandable if you do not want to wade 2x through spam. >> >>easiest solution then - make a backup every day and if you can a copy to >>an external drive. then, like 1x a month, you just burn all important >>data to a CDR. you anyhow should have means of backing up your computer, >>you REALLY don't want to loose important stuff in that case that your >>drive dies or something like that. rare, but it DOES happen. i make a >>daily copy of my database (sheduled via ical and applescript) plus a >>daily 'backup' copy to an external firewire drive (via synch!) and when >>i'm not too lazy and find the time, i clean up my drive and burn stuff to >>CDR (sooo cheap) or DVD (cheap now too) and have so my backups. if the >>house burns down, oh well. but else, i don't worry too much (used to do >>also weekly backup to tape, but became too clunky at this point for me, >>so I dropped that). >> >>just trying to point out that some kind of backup, regularly, would >>probably be the best - and then you do not need to go through any hoops >>of changing filters. or forwarding etc etc... - also, make SURE you work >>always on copies when you upgrade - ANY - software. it is also a good >>idea to backup drives before upgrading operating system (my opinion and >>experience). >> >>as frustrating the momentary situation right now seems to you, i am sure >>that some improved environment can be created. >> >>---marlyse > > > >
