powermail-discuss Digest #2737 - Sunday, November 18, 2007
Re: Did I make a huge mistake here?
by "MB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: problem with PM search function
by "PowerMail Engineering" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re(2): problem with PM search function
by "Ken Pope" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: Did I make a huge mistake here?
by "T.L. Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: Did I make a huge mistake here?
From: "MB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 09:21:17 +0100
T.L. Miller told:
>My most recent DB is in my Applications folder. I do have some PM files,
>including a Message DB, in my User folder, but they are 2 1/2 years ago
>-- probably for 5.2.
Why do you prefer to keep it there? Have you lost the fact that Apple's
OS X folder organization gives you one stop for backups? Why scatter
important files all over your HD and why put them in to places where you
*could* delete them, like when you're updating PowerMail or making a
reinstallation of the OS? What's the gain for you in keeping data in the
Applications folder?
Mikael
Tech facts:
PM 5.5.3 Swedish/SpamSieve 2.6.4 Swedish | OS X 10.4.8 | Powerbook
G4/400 Mhz | 1GB RAM | 80GB HD
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Subject: Re: problem with PM search function
From: "PowerMail Engineering" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 10:57:38 +0100
Ken Pope wrote:
>I have tried discarding PM and re-installing a new
>copy. I've tried the "update search index" and "compact search
>index." (I've also compacted the message database countless times.)
Have you tried to rebuild the search index completely, from the First
Aid dialog (press command-option when launching PM)?
Jérôme - CTM Engineering
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"When Google Desktop was released I immediately downloaded it. I was
hoping to find something better than FoxTrot.
What I found was that it didn't find many files that FoxTrot does
find, and that the indexing process was uncontrollable, and it brought
my Dual-Core MacBook Pro to its knees. The computer was almost unusable
while it was being indexed.
I understand that they have brought out a new version, but I have
deleted it from my disk (and have turned off Spotlight indexing in the
FoxTrot preference panel).
I don't often need an indexed search of my disk, but when I do, FoxTrot
is hands down the best."
Alan Harper, FoxTrot Personal Search user
Download a demo version from www.foxtrot.ch
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Subject: Re(2): problem with PM search function
From: "Ken Pope" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 07:42:07 -0500
When I wrote that I had tried various approaches to fixing my search
function without success, Jerome of CTM Engineering asked: "Have you
tried to rebuild the search index completely, from the First Aid dialog
(press command-option when launching PM)?"
Thanks, Jerome! That fixed it. It is *so* good to be getting those
instant responses to my searches again! PM is a great program, perfect
for my needs.
Ken
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Subject: Re: Did I make a huge mistake here?
From: "T.L. Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 10:48:03 -0500
On 11/18/07, at 9:21 AM, MB [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>T.L. Miller told:
>
>>My most recent DB is in my Applications folder. I do have some PM files,
>>including a Message DB, in my User folder, but they are 2 1/2 years ago
>>-- probably for 5.2.
>
>Why do you prefer to keep it there? Have you lost the fact that Apple's
>OS X folder organization gives you one stop for backups? Why scatter
>important files all over your HD and why put them in to places where you
>*could* delete them, like when you're updating PowerMail or making a
>reinstallation of the OS? What's the gain for you in keeping data in the
>Applications folder?
Why do I keep the PM DB in my PM folder which is inside my Applications
folder? I don't know. If CTM didn't intend for it to be there, I must
have done it years ago. It works fine there and runs no risk of being
deleted. When PM gets updated, I move the new components to the PM
folder and never have had a problem. In fact I think, when I was on a
trip, I moved the entire PM folder to my PowerBook and used it there briefly.
The simple answer: It works for me and has for years.
Tom Miller
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"The only time we see the middle of the road is as
we run from side to side." R.O.Clark
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