Re: The Bat slowing down.

2005-10-03 Thread Timo Boettcher
Hi,


* K. Shantanu  [EMAIL PROTECTED], Monday, October 3, 2005, 5:25:38 AM:

 Hi,
 I was an old user of The Bat!. I recommend it to my friends who use MS 
 Windows.
 A friend of mine has windows XP, Mobile Pentium 4 , 2,2Ghz , 512MB RAM
 40GB HDD has around 1.5 Gb of mails (approx. 50k messages) in around 4 
 accounts.
 But his The Bat! 2.00.6 si very slow to start and stop. He is getting tired
 with his delay and is planning to shift to another email client which can 
 gracefully
 handle that load. Can we suggest a few tricks to make the bat! handle that 
 load
 easily?
 Thanks in advance.
 Shantanu

I have made the experience (with 2.12 and about half a million mails in one
account, about 2GB together) that no single folder should contain more
than +-3 mails. Any more than that, and TB slows down
dramatically.



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Re: Heres another TB! Image

2004-12-19 Thread Timo Boettcher
Hi Jurgen,

* Jurgen Haug [EMAIL PROTECTED], Sunday, December 19, 2004, 9:19:37 PM:

 Sunday, December 19, 2004, 8:48:43 PM, you wrote:

 Found this on the web and just put the text on it.
 http://www.sidnak.net/auf/tbat_image.jpg

 how much's a license on THAT bat? O:-)

A liter of fresh human blood per day?

*scnr*

 Timo
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Cannot restore Backup: 30000 Mails lost! HELP!

2004-10-05 Thread Timo Boettcher
Hi,

  Having upgraded my Windows, I had to reinstall.
  Of course I backuped all my mails (33), most of them in just one
  account, but when I tried to reinstall and restore my backup, TB2.12
  (and 3.0, too) told me that it couldn't read the backup file. The
  small accounts restored ok (if I just chose them), the big account
  fails after about 30 mails.

  Any idea how I can get my other mails back?

 Timo

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Re: TB getting slow, taking lots of memory (with lots of emails in store)

2004-09-18 Thread Timo Boettcher
Hi Marck,


* Marck D Pearlstone [EMAIL PROTECTED], Friday, September 17, 2004, 10:18:23 PM:

 Dear Jack,

 @17-Sep-2004, 12:45 -0700 (17-Sep 20:45 UK time) Jack [J] in
 mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:

J I have about 25k emails in about 20 accounts.

 That's very little in the TB scheme of things. I have a main account
 with 170k mails and an archive with 270k mails. I have *folders*
 containing 25k mails.

Did you try a folder with more than, say, 32k mails? Performance gets
very poor for me then, independent of the machine I use (I have two
very different machines, but both show the same symptoms starting and
about 30k-35k mails).

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  This email has a cutmark that allows you to cut my email in half
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Getting Mail out of TB (Was: Migrated to Outlook 2003)

2004-09-02 Thread Timo Boettcher
Hi Morgan,

* Morgan Pugh [EMAIL PROTECTED], Thursday, September 2, 2004, 9:28:42 PM:

 In all it took me 7 minutes to create all the folders and import
 the e-mail into Outlook Express and then Outlook 2003. As I said if
 you have a very complex folder setup it will take longer but it isn't
 an impossible task and it shouldn't take you more than an hour no
 matter how complex your setup is.
Sorry, it may not be that easy for everybody else.
I have about 35 Mails in about 100 Folders in about 10 accounts.

I just did some testing:
-  I can export 1100 Mails per minute to .eml files on the same disc,
  with virus-scanner running. (This would take about 6 hours of
  babysitting TB to get my mails out.)
- If I choose a unix mailbox, switch of virus-scanning (shouldn't do
  that, really), and choose a different disc than the one TB runs on,
  I can push this to 8000 mails per minute. (This would still take
  well over an hour of babysitting TB.)
BTW, CPU-usage of TB seems to be the bottleneck here.

So, thats for the record, for everybody who is interested.

I am interested in getting my mail over into a linux-imap-server
running on maildir-mailstorage. Anybody got a clue on how to do this
without much (any?) handwork? (Doesn't matter if it takes a week,
would leave the machine running when I am in my holidays *g*)


(Specs of my test:
Athlon 1,2Ghz, 768MB ram, 36gb u2w scsi discs,
Mailsample was last years archive of postfix-users-ml, 8 mails of
300Mb total)

 Timo







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Synchronising Mails [How?/FeatureRequest]

2004-07-27 Thread Timo Boettcher
Hi,

  As I am running TheBat! on two machines, a desktop and a Notebook, I
  have to synchronize their Mailbase (about 300.000 mails, mostly in 3
  accounts), and because I use only my Desktop when I am at home, I
  have to sync about daily. I always sync for all data in all
  accounts, and I always use the same sync-files.

  For each sync, I have to go throught the following stages:
  Tools  Sync, [OK], [Select All], [OK], [Choose File], [Save], [OK],
  [Choose File], [Save], [OK], [Choose File], [Save]
  Thats 16 Mouseclicks for synchronising, why isn't there a button to
  do that with one click? (or a menuentry, would be two clicks)

  Thats pretty much work for a synchronize function that doesn't even
  do what it says (it just copies all mail over, I have to delete
  mails on both machines before I sync to get rid of it)

 Timo

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Re: many messages in account (Backup fails)

2004-05-09 Thread Timo Boettcher
Hi Allie,

* Allie Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED], Saturday, May 8, 2004, 12:50:04 PM:

 Timo Boettcher, [TB] wrote:

TB How many messages do you have in your TheBat!-mailaccounts? I
TB have reached 26 mails in one account (yes, a quarter million)
TB and though I can back it up, I can't restore it on my notebook, I
TB always get error reading file C:\path\to\backup.tbk Is there a
TB limit of size of a backupfile or the number of messages in a
TB backupfile or an account that is backuped?

 Did you get any errors at all during the back up process?
no
 What size is the backup file when you're finished?
600MB-700MB
 AFAIK, there's no limit to the size of the backup.


 Timo



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many messages in account (Backup fails)

2004-05-01 Thread Timo Boettcher
Hi,

How many messages do you have in your TheBat!-mailaccounts? I have
reached 26 mails in one account (yes, a quarter million) and
though I can back it up, I can't restore it on my notebook, I always
get error reading file C:\path\to\backup.tbk
Is there a limit of size of a backupfile or the number of messages in
a backupfile or an account that is backuped?

 Timo



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Re: Mod: Cut mark (was: Searching for a Tool)

2004-03-01 Thread Timo Boettcher
Hi,

* Marck D Pearlstone, Monday, March 1, 2004, 8:16:01 PM:

 Even if you barely have a signature to speak of, that doesn't make
 any difference to whether or not you need a cut mark. You are being
 courteous to other readers since at least three lines of text is
 added to your signature by the list server.

IMO, a simple name is different from a signature, meaning, the OP
didn't have a signature. The only signature in that post was added by
the listserv, and therefore should have the (additional)
dashdashspacereturn sequence. Or would it hurt if more than
one sig had that sequence? BTW, you TBUDL-Mission statement had three
listserv-signatures without a sig-delimiter before them.
Sorry if that has been already discussed, I haven't found anything in
the archives.

 Timo

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Re: Bat doesn't notice when hdd full

2004-02-20 Thread Timo Boettcher
Hi,

* Bill Blinn Technology Editor [EMAIL PROTECTED], Friday, February 20, 2004, 1:43:53 
PM:

 Doesn't Windows start carping when free space drops below 85% or so? I
 may be remembering something that didn't occur, but I seem to recall
 some version of Windows grumbling about this.

yeah. but when you have a separate partition for you swap-file, with
the swap file filling the complete partition, you don't want windows
complaining every 5 minutes.


 Timo



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Bat doesn't notice when hdd full

2004-02-19 Thread Timo Boettcher
Hi,

I had just a case of my System-drive (where I have my mails)
running full, and theBat didn't do anything about it, it just
stopped working.
I couldn't even delete mails, and had hoped for a hint about my
full Drive.
Anyone seen this before?
Is this a bug?

 Timo



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Re: Bat doesn't notice when hdd full

2004-02-19 Thread Timo Boettcher
Hi Roelof,


* Roelof Otten [EMAIL PROTECTED], Thursday, February 19, 2004, 3:13:00 PM:

 On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 13:29:07 +0100GMT (19-2-04, 13:29 +0100, where I
 live), you wrote:

 I had just a case of my System-drive (where I have my mails)
 running full, and theBat didn't do anything about it, it just
 stopped working.
 Well, TB needs free space to work properly, downloading new mail and
 composing mail are functions that require disk space.
I undersatnd that. I had hoped for a warning Your hdd is full. Can't
operate like this.

 I couldn't even delete mails,
 Deleting mail wouldn't help.[...]
When I tried to delete mail, TB did nothing. It didn't delete it, it
didn't even crash (I would have accepted that) but it did nothing.

 and had hoped for a hint about my full Drive.
 That would've been nice. Was it TB that completely filled your disk or
 another program?
I guess it was TB.

 Is this a bug?
 No. It's more like a hardware restriction, like your car won't run
 without gas.
But my car warns me before I run out of gas.


 Timo



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Start TheBat without automatically fetching mail (which is set)

2004-02-07 Thread Timo Boettcher
Hi,

   is it possible to start a Bat that is set to fetch all mails from
   several accounts (and delete them on the server afterwards) so that
   it doesn't fetch mails? I haven't used my Primary machine at home
   very much in the last time and want to restore a backup from my
   notebook on it (not using the time consuming sync-method).

 Timo



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SSL StartTls problem

2003-12-01 Thread Timo Boettcher
Hi,

I have a POP-account with Connection set to Secure to regular port (STARTTLS)
In my Log I get:
FETCH - Server reports error. The response is: +OK Begin SSL/TLS
negotiation now.
I don't understand why that is an error. The server is a Courier-Imap
under my Control.


 Timo



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Re: TB not displaying message completly

2003-11-26 Thread Timo Boettcher
Hi Roelof,

Nachricht vom Dienstag, 25. November 2003, 00:33:49:

 Hallo Timo,

 Got the message, doesn't display completely.
 On forwarding (or redirecting) it displays fully.
Any idea why?



 Timo



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Reply-Template

2003-11-26 Thread Timo Boettcher
Hi,

  I am trying to create a reply-template that quotes the senders name
  and/or mailaddress and has (for all subfolders of my
  mailinglist-folder) an english date/time, regardless of my windows,
  thebat, spellchecking and other settings.
  Is that possible?

 Timo



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Import Outlook Express Address-Book

2003-11-26 Thread Timo Boettcher
Hi,

  how can I import an Addressbook from OutlookExpress?

 Timo



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Re: Reply-Template

2003-11-26 Thread Timo Boettcher
Hi Tony,

* Tony Boom [EMAIL PROTECTED], 2003-11-26, 15:02:14:

   A reminder of what Timo Boettcher typed on:
   26 November 2003 at 14:09:30 GMT +0100

 I am trying to create a reply-template that quotes the senders name
 and/or mailaddress and has (for all subfolders of my
 mailinglist-folder) an english date/time, regardless of my windows,
 thebat, spellchecking and other settings. Is that possible?

 Similar to this one you mean? All the ingredients your asking for are
 in it. Maybe not in the correct order you want but if it is the sort
 of thing let me know and I'll send it to you off list.

 If you give me an idea of the format you want I'll see if I can format
 that way.

Something like what I did above by hand...


 Timo



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Re: TB not displaying message completly

2003-11-26 Thread Timo Boettcher
Hi Roelof,

Nachricht vom Mittwoch, 26. November 2003, 17:57:25:

 Hallo Timo,

 On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 12:47:11 +0100GMT (26-11-03, 12:47 +0100, where I
 live), you wrote:

 Got the message, doesn't display completely.
 On forwarding (or redirecting) it displays fully.
TB Any idea why?

 Not really.
 The differences between a forwarded/redirected message and the
 original are
 -The PGP-MIME attachment is missing in the new message, but AFAIK TB
  has no problem with those
 -The original has these headers:
   Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-2022-jp
   Content-Disposition: inline
   Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
  The new has these:
   Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
   Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
 -I suppose it has something to do with the charset or the
  quoted-printable that the original message is flooded with =20's and
  =3D's, but the place where TB stops displaying the message isn't at
  one of those, but in the middele of a word. Over here the message
  stops being displayed in the middle of the word 'potential' in the
  sentence 'note is that 1.3.29 addresses and fixes 1 potential security issue:'
  It ends at '1 pot', is that the same for you? If it is we could
  point Ritlabs to this.
Yeah, exact the same character for me.

 I tried different viewers for the message and that didn't help.



 Timo



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Re: Import Outlook Express Address-Book

2003-11-26 Thread Timo Boettcher
Hi Marek,

Nachricht vom Mittwoch, 26. November 2003, 15:15:27:

 Hello all,
 Wednesday, November 26, 2003, Timo Boettcher wrote:

   how can I import an Addressbook from OutlookExpress?

 download utility WAB2LDIF, load OE WAB file and export it to LDIF
 file. Then You can can import this file via TB's Address Book.
Thx, that worked


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Re: Reply-Template

2003-11-26 Thread Timo Boettcher
Hi Roelof,


* Roelof Otten [EMAIL PROTECTED], 6:17:46 PM:

 BTW This is the third message of yours that I'm replying to this
 afternoon (that's no problem)
Thx for that
 and each time I had to delete your name and the listfooter in order
 to trim my quotes. When you put a signature delimiter
 (dashdashspaceenter on a newline) just above your name TB
 (and all other grown up mail clients) deletes them automatically
 from the reply. 
 In order to see what I mean, just reply to this message.
 This line should be the last one quoted, though it isn't the last in
 my mail.
I didn't notice that, since I don't use a (real) signature, and all
other mailinglists I use (except the ones sponsored by Sourceforge)
that have a listfooter put that sequence above their list-footer on
their own...


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Re: TB not displaying message completly

2003-11-24 Thread Timo Boettcher
Hi Roelof,

Nachricht vom Mittwoch, 19. November 2003, 22:33:10:

 Hallo Timo,

 On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 19:54:50 +0100GMT (19-11-03, 19:54 +0100, where I
 live), you wrote:

 I have got a problem with some list-mail where TB doesn't
 display the complete mail, just the first part of it... Looking
 at the mail

 Perhaps you want to have a look at one of these mails? It's a mailing

 I'll try that...

I just got this weeks GWN, same problem.


 Timo



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Re: TB not displaying message completly

2003-11-20 Thread Timo Boettcher
Hi Roelof,

Nachricht vom Mittwoch, 19. November 2003, 22:33:10:

 Hallo Timo,

 On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 19:54:50 +0100GMT (19-11-03, 19:54 +0100, where
 I live), you wrote:

TB I have got a problem with some list-mail where TB doesn't
TB display the complete mail, just the first part of it... Looking
TB at the mail
 can you read them fully when you browse for deleted messages in
 your Inbox?
TB How do I do that?

 Select the Inbox. In the menu do:
   folder - browse deleted messages
They do not show there...

TB Perhaps you want to have a look at one of these mails? It's a
TB mailing 

 I'll try that...
Thanks.




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Re: TB not displaying message completly

2003-11-19 Thread Timo Boettcher
Hi Roelof,

Nachricht vom Montag, 17. November 2003, 18:21:46:

 Hallo Timo,

 On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 17:26:32 +0100GMT (17-11-03, 17:26 +0100, where I
 live), you wrote:

TB   I have got a problem with some list-mail where TB doesn't display
TB   the complete mail, just the first part of it... Looking at the mail
TB   with the source-editor shows the complete mail, but doesn't reveal
TB   anything special at the place where the normal view ends.
  
 Is there anything these messages (I'm presuming it happens more than
 once) have in common? Size, origin, folder, whatever.
origin, yes, folder, too
 Still the same problem when you move them to a different folder.
yes
 in case you've filtered them to another folder on receipt,
I tried that, but somehow it doesn't work
 can you read them fully when you browse for deleted messages in your
 Inbox?
How do I do that?

 When it's a folder thing, it might be a solution to close TB and
 delete/rename the matching messages.tbi for that folder. (But leave
 the messages.tbb alone, that's where TB stores your actual messages.)
Tried that, no success.

 In case it isn't a folder thing you'll need to give us more hints.
Perhaps you want to have a look at one of these mails? It's a mailing
list that sends one mail per week (sometime on Monday), the
Gentoo-Weekly-newsletter. Just send an empty mail to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] to subscribe,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] is for unsubscribing.


 Timo



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TB not displaying message completly

2003-11-17 Thread Timo Boettcher
Hi,

  I have got a problem with some list-mail where TB doesn't display
  the complete mail, just the first part of it... Looking at the mail
  with the source-editor shows the complete mail, but doesn't reveal
  anything special at the place where the normal view ends.
  

 Timo



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