Hello Thomas, On Sunday, April 28, 2019, you wrote:
TF> Hello Chris, TF> On Sat, 27 Apr 2019 15:20:04 +0100 GMT (27-Apr-19, 20:50 +0700 GMT), TF> Chris Wilson wrote: >> I am happily running a legacy version of TB! but my message base is >> now huge. I was wondering if it is possible to somehow split the >> message base based on date so I keep say the last two year's messages >> in TB!' directory structure, and store older stuff elsewhere, perhaps >> on tape or DVD? Thanks TF> What I do is I "archive" old messages to other folders. For example, I TF> name a subfolder "2016" and then move all messages from that year into TF> that subfolder. This keep each folder with a manageable size. (Make TF> sure you compact the folders in which the messages were stored TF> previously.) TF> If you want to store those messages somewhere else, you create a dummy TF> account called "Archive". Under Account / Properties / Files & TF> Directories, you to an external drive or a drive in the cloud (nobody TF> uses tape or DVD any more). This way, you don't need to keep them on TF> your computer's harddisk. TF> -- TF> Cheers, TF> Thomas. TF> Message reply created with The Bat! 8.8.2 TF> under Windows 10.0 Build 17763 TF> ________________________________________________ TF> Current version is 8.0.18 | 'Using TBUDL' information: TF> http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html Thank you very much Thomas, as always! -- Chris Wilson "Using The Bat! v5.8.10 on Windows 7 6.1 Build 7601 Service Pack 1" -- ________________________________________________ Current version is 8.0.18 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
