Re: Database problems

2010-12-14 Thread PowerMail Engineering
John Keegan wrote: Does Powermail Salvage even work on Intel Macs? On Powermail 6 message databases? No, unfortunately, PowerMail Salvage does not work for PowerMail 6 databases. You can try to create a new PowerMail User Environment (from the file / database menu), quit PowerMail, then copy

Re: Database problems

2010-12-14 Thread Gerald F. Carroll
it on the original daa base and i did not get the errors again. seems what inspired me was that this upgrade was supposed to help with problems like this. just a thought Gerry I got a series of errors, one for each database component that needed rebuilding. In each case, the error codes were the same

Re: Database problems

2010-12-12 Thread John Keegan
I got a series of errors, one for each database component that needed rebuilding. In each case, the error codes were the same: Class-DB what=100 err=130 I have a similar issue as Don had, but worse. I woke up to find Powermail locked up. It would not quit and I needed to do a force quit. Upon

Re: Database problems

2010-11-25 Thread PowerMail Engineering
Don Zahniser wrote: Everything seemed to work except the low-level rebuild. I got a series of errors, one for each database component that needed rebuilding. In each case, the error codes were the same: Class-DB what=100 err=130 Low-level rebuild is currently broken. However, its only purpose

Re(2): Database problems

2010-11-25 Thread Bill Schjelderup
everything appears to be OK. We tell our customers to backup frequently, and to verify database integrity on a regular basis. Customers that lose data are not happy customers. Now I think it's time for me to do a compact database... +---+ Bill

Database problems

2010-11-23 Thread Don Zahniser
After my spinning beachball adventures trying to export my PowerMail database to PowerMail exchange format, I thought I would try to do some maintenance on the database. I restarted PowerMail and checked all of the items in the first category. Everything seemed to work except the low-level

Re: Database problems

2010-11-23 Thread Bill Schjelderup
PowerMail database to PowerMail exchange format, I thought I would try to do some maintenance on the database. I restarted PowerMail and checked all of the items in the first category. Everything seemed to work except the low-level rebuild. I got a series of errors, one for each database component

Re: Database problems

2010-11-23 Thread Raphaël PAREJO
. -- Raphaël Parejo Le/el/ Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:43:19 -0500 Don Zahniser (dzahni...@rochester.rr.com) m'a écrit / me escribió : After my spinning beachball adventures trying to export my PowerMail database to PowerMail exchange format, I thought I would try to do some maintenance on the database. I

Re: Database problems

2010-11-23 Thread T.L. Miller
On 11/23/10, at 10:03 AM, Bill Schjelderup b...@companioncorp.com said: It seems to be that Powermail is on maintenance development from CTM, I keep looking at alternatives...but none do it for me. I expect with all the competition for email clients and Powermail not supporting HTML email very

Re: multiple installs one database

2010-07-10 Thread John Snippe
On 8-Jul-10, at 8:10 AM, MB wrote: I didn't get there was multiple users, just multiple accounts. So this involves many users? To be accurate, it's currently two users and three computer locations... tho that could grow. IMAP could work, except that it's interfaces (eg: squirrelmail)

Re: multiple installs one database

2010-07-10 Thread Tobias Jung
for a new email client, I admit I might have chosen Mailsmith instead of PowerMail. However, while PowerMail's IMAP support it quite basic, Mailsmith doesn't support IMAP at all. And, according to the author, it probably never will. And Mailsmith doesn't work with a single database but individual

Re: multiple installs one database

2010-07-10 Thread John Snippe
On 10-Jul-10, at 9:51 AM, Tobias Jung wrote: And Mailsmith doesn't work with a single database but individual files (one file for each message) and I don't know what will happen if you just sync those files between various computers. Actually, afaik the current iteration does indeed use

Re: multiple installs one database

2010-07-10 Thread Powermail
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am 10.07.10 14:07, schrieb John Snippe: On 8-Jul-10, at 8:10 AM, MB wrote: I didn't get there was multiple users, just multiple accounts. So this involves many users? To be accurate, it's currently two users and three computer locations...

Re: multiple installs one database

2010-07-10 Thread John Snippe
On 10-Jul-10, at 10:57 AM, Tobias Jung wrote: No, it's the other way round: While the old version used a database (or maybe mbox files with a single file for each mail folder, can't remember at the moment) the current version indeed stores an individual file for each message. MyBad... you

Re: multiple installs one database

2010-07-10 Thread Tobias Jung
John Snippe j...@snippe.ca wrote (Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:16:29 -0400): Do you know if there is a trick to getting Mailsmith to resolve aliases? I am attempting to store the 'user dababase' outside the default location, and the docs say this is possible, but so far no joy... Sorry, I can't help

Re: multiple installs one database

2010-07-08 Thread MB
*John Snippe asked: So my question is two-fold: it is possible to have 3 or more installs of Powermail be able to access a single database folder It's certainly possible but not likely to be practical unless you're on the same stable network subnet. , and/or is it possible for more than one

Re: multiple installs one database

2010-07-08 Thread John Snippe
an option I am looking at. We have Squirrel on the server... but it's REALLY not pwermail, is it?!? I wonder if environments will help with the corruption issue... it could limit database access to a 'one user - multiple points of access' situation, which would stop update collisions

Re: multiple installs one database

2010-07-08 Thread MB
John Snippe said: I wonder if environments will help with the corruption issue... it could limit database access to a 'one user - multiple points of access' situation, which would stop update collisions and that inherent risk of corruption. Yes/no? I didn't get there was multiple users

Re: multiple installs one database

2010-07-08 Thread Powermail
with Powermail. I wonder if environments will help with the corruption issue... it could limit database access to a 'one user - multiple points of access' situation, which would stop update collisions and that inherent risk of corruption. Yes/no? Environments are different databases

multiple installs one database

2010-07-07 Thread John Snippe
transparent and very nice. So my question is two-fold: it is possible to have 3 or more installs of Powermail be able to access a single database folder, and/or is it possible for more than one user to access a database folder at a time, or more specifically, is the database capable of autosave

Re: multiple installs one database

2010-07-07 Thread Beatrix Willius
One word: IMAP. What you are trying is to adapt a single user database as multiple user database. Most likely this will work for a time and then will give you a nice and subtle corruption. IMAP was designed for this sort of problem. Regards Trixi Willius Original-Nachricht

Re: multiple installs one database

2010-07-07 Thread Tobias Jung
(in PowerMail's File/Database submenu). Kind regards, Tobias Jung

Re: multiple installs one database

2010-07-07 Thread Powermail
folder between various locations using the same account via internet. Totally transparent and very nice. So my question is two-fold: it is possible to have 3 or more installs of Powermail be able to access a single database folder, and/or is it imho this is possible as long as the different

Database error - PowerMail will not open, need help

2009-11-21 Thread Winston Weinmann
After starting up my computer I launched PowerMail and my computer froze. Now when I try to open PowerMail I get the message A database error occurred. Clicking on More info gets me: Class: DB; what=7; when=9 Then when I click OK PowerMail quits. I am running PowerMail 5.5.3 build 4480, Mac

Re: Database error - PowerMail will not open, need help

2009-11-21 Thread Bill Schjelderup
Hold command and option keys down upon launch. You should get a database utilities dialog. I select all the options other than those that mess with my preferences. Knowing databases, I do the full low level rebuild and all options on my data file at least once a month. It may sound paranoid

Re: Database error - PowerMail will not open-FIXED (for now)

2009-11-21 Thread Winston Weinmann
OK, found the option-command key startup option. Compacting the database appears to have fixed it. Fingers crossed... Maybe this will finally get me to upgrade to v.6 Thanks. - Winston Winston Weinmann wrote: After starting up my computer I launched PowerMail and my computer froze. Now when

PM6 corrupt database

2009-06-22 Thread Anna Silliman
Greetings-- This is not a disaster, as I have a backup from 3 weeks ago. However, it would be very nice if I could recover this file. The computer crashed just as I had received some mail, and it was strange, so I was not surprised that it corrupted the file. When I try to open the db, it

Re: PM6 corrupt database

2009-06-22 Thread Ben Kennedy
that shortly. Anyway, as you will see, I haven't had the opportunity yet to complete an update for PM 6 compatibility. It requires more work than before (mainly due to having to account for PPC vs. x86 endian-ness issues in both my development environment as well as the PM 6 database format itself

Re: PM6 corrupt database

2009-06-22 Thread Anna Silliman
in both my development environment as well as the PM 6 database format itself), so I haven't gotten it done yet. However it is still on my to- do pile and I will try to bring it closer to the top! -ben -- Ben Kennedy (chief magician) zygoat creative technical services http://www.zygoat.ca Hi, Ben

Re: database problems

2009-06-15 Thread H Ronald Riggs
Unfortunately this didn't work. Is there anything else I can try? Ron - Original Message - From: PowerMail Engineering jer...@ctmdev.com Date: Saturday, June 13, 2009 6:22 am Subject: Re: database problems To: PowerMail discussions powermail-discuss@ctmdev.com H Ronald Riggs wrote

Re: database problems

2009-06-13 Thread PowerMail Engineering
H Ronald Riggs wrote: My computer crashed and now it says Your database file has not the expected format and it asks if I want to convert it. But conversion fails. Any help would be very helpful. Thanks. First, make a backup of your PowerMail database folder. Then press the command and option

database problems

2009-06-12 Thread H Ronald Riggs
My computer crashed and now it says Your database file has not the expected format and it asks if I want to convert it. But conversion fails. Any help would be very helpful. Thanks. Ron

Re: Can't compact database

2009-04-28 Thread PowerMail Engineering
Joe Hallett wrote: I am unable to run the archive and cleanup or compact database commands. The process appears to start normally, but after a short time it stops with the error message A database error occurred Class=DB ;what=100;when=9;err=158 If this error occurs during the export phase

Can't compact database

2009-04-27 Thread Joe Hallett
I am unable to run the archive and cleanup or compact database commands. The process appears to start normally, but after a short time it stops with the error message A database error occurred Class=DB ;what=100;when=9;err=158 I'm running PM v6.0.2 build 4601. The message database is about 1.5GB

Re: How to retrieve messages from old Message Database?

2009-01-26 Thread PowerMail Engineering
Raphaël PAREJO wrote: I've saved in 2000 my messages (Powermail 3), but only the Message Database file... Can i retrieve these messages with only this unique Message Database file? Probably. - create a new folder in the Finder - put a copy of your PM3 message database file in this folder

How to retrieve messages from old Message Database?

2009-01-25 Thread Raphaël PAREJO
Hello! I've saved in 2000 my messages (Powermail 3), but only the Message Database file... Can i retrieve these messages with only this unique Message Database file? Thank you for your help. Best regards. -- Raphaël Parejo

Re: Database issues

2008-05-20 Thread MB
Derry Thompson sa såhär: All backed up clean. no file system errors? Are you 100% sure about this? What tools have you used to make sure the drive's file system actually is clean and can be trusted? Mikael Technoids: PM 5.6.3 build 4504 sv / SpamSieve 2.6.6 sv | OS X 10.4.8 | Powerbook

Re: Database issues

2008-05-16 Thread MB
Jeremy Hughes sa såhär: What version of PowerMail are you using? According to the ctmdev web site: Low-level rebuild was broken after the 5.6.2 porting to XCode 3.0 - this was apparently fixed in 5.6.3 or 5.6.4 (not sure which). That is actually in the headers of every message originating from

Re: Database issues

2008-05-16 Thread Derry Thompson
Jeremy Hughes at [EMAIL PROTECTED] said on Thu, 15 May 2008 14:07:11 +0100 What version of PowerMail are you using? According to the ctmdev web site: Low-level rebuild was broken after the 5.6.2 porting to XCode 3.0 - this was apparently fixed in 5.6.3 or 5.6.4 (not sure which). I'm using

Re: Database issues

2008-05-15 Thread MB
CTM info sa såhär: Afterwards, the one file that you can safely delete is Message Database index and then try rebuilding this. Wait a minute. Didn't you say earlier in another conversation that deleting the Message Database index file and rebuilding a new one from scratch will not result

Re: Database issues

2008-05-15 Thread Derry Thompson
Hi, Am/On Wed, 14 May 2008 15:59:43 +0100 schrieb/wrote Derry Thompson: I've tried a low-level rebuild, a database compact both of which failed. this has always worked for me in the worst case. I can't copy the mail database, it gets to 1.04 GB of 1.64GB and fails. this sounds like a disk

Re: Database issues

2008-05-15 Thread Jeremy Hughes
Derry Thompson (14/5/08, 15:59) said: I've tried a low-level rebuild, a database compact both of which failed. What version of PowerMail are you using? According to the ctmdev web site: Low-level rebuild was broken after the 5.6.2 porting to XCode 3.0 - this was apparently fixed in 5.6.3

Re(2): Database issues

2008-05-15 Thread Jan M.J. Storms
You can also try to export parts of your database in Powermail format. For the part that cannot be exported, try Powermail Salvage. Before you restore your email, backup all your files and clean up your drive: file system and possibly hardware errors. Jan

Database issues

2008-05-14 Thread Derry Thompson
Hi, My MacBook locked up ealier today and had to force a restart. PowerMail said it needed to reindex the mail. It got nearly to the end then froze up. I've tried a low-level rebuild, a database compact both of which failed. I can't copy the mail database, it gets to 1.04 GB of 1.64GB

Re: Database issues

2008-05-14 Thread Matthias Schmidt
Hello, Am/On Wed, 14 May 2008 15:59:43 +0100 schrieb/wrote Derry Thompson: I've tried a low-level rebuild, a database compact both of which failed. this has always worked for me in the worst case. I can't copy the mail database, it gets to 1.04 GB of 1.64GB and fails. this sounds like a disk

Totally rebuild Message Database index

2008-01-14 Thread MB
I ask again for ideas on how to make PowerMail rebuild the search index, i.e. the Message Database index, in such a fashion that the whole DB is and remains fully indexed. Obviously I tried compacting and updating it, also via the startup tools and this seems to not have helped. Searches do

Re: filesalvage powermail database

2008-01-04 Thread Dave N
, does anybody have experience with recovering a powermail database from an emptied trash? i tried with filesalvage, but this only recognizes usual file types such as jpgs, word docs, etc. a powermail database doesn't have any extension (as far as i can tell), which makes it even more difficult

filesalvage powermail database

2008-01-03 Thread DDV
hello, does anybody have experience with recovering a powermail database from an emptied trash? i tried with filesalvage, but this only recognizes usual file types such as jpgs, word docs, etc. a powermail database doesn't have any extension (as far as i can tell), which makes it even more

Export contact to a database

2007-08-29 Thread Bertrand Soubeyrand
Guy, - All of my PM contacts are stored into groups. - I need to reimport contacts with their groups into a custom database (on a PC) Do you have a script to export group by group? Thank you Bertrand Soubeyrand --- SOUBEYRAND Consultant Tél. : 04 91 28 38 17 - Mobile : 06 0800 38 20 eMail

Re: Your database file has not the expected format

2007-07-14 Thread Steve Tarpin
to seek out our telephone number and call us. Someone will be able to assist you, but it ain't gonna be me... I'm going fishin' regards... Steve I got this lovely message when starting PowerMail 5.5.3 this afternoon. After clicking OK, PowerMail starts up and the database opens, seemingly without

Re: Your database file has not the expected format

2007-07-10 Thread Brian Hall
Subject: Re: Your database file has not the expected format From: Marlyse Comte [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 19:05:56 -0500 I had the exact same error today after a computer crash. After the message it stated also that my Index file was corrupt and if I wanted to re-index, which I did

Your database file has not the expected format

2007-07-08 Thread Brian Hall
I got this lovely message when starting PowerMail 5.5.3 this afternoon. After clicking OK, PowerMail starts up and the database opens, seemingly without problems. I've been using 5.5.3 since it came out; no recent disk errors or crashes. I can't compact the database; PowerMail gives

Re: Your database file has not the expected format

2007-07-08 Thread Marlyse Comte
launching PM in maintenance mode? Anyways, before fiddling any further with the database, I'd make a backup copy of what you have currently... just in case. ---marlyse former message(s) quotes: - I got this lovely message when starting PowerMail 5.5.3 this afternoon

Database corrupt

2007-04-25 Thread Urs Gruetzner
using PM 5.2.2. on OSX4.8 PM Database size 5.4 GB Powermail crashed and then I had a kernel panic. After reboot PM announces a corrupted database. I restarted with modifier key to rebuild the database. PM begins the process but shortly PM crashes again and again. What else can I do to get

Re: Database corrupt

2007-04-25 Thread Mikael Byström
Urs Gruetzner sa såhär: Powermail crashed and then I had a kernel panic. After reboot PM announces a corrupted database. I restarted with modifier key to rebuild the database. PM begins the process but shortly PM crashes again and again. What else can I do to get back my database? Remove

Database

2007-04-20 Thread Derry Thompson
I'm getting a message when opening Powermail. Database is not the expected format Any ideas? Cheers -- Derry Thompson g l o d e r w o r k s | Design - Hosting - Programming http://www.gloderworks.com + 44 (0) 1562 631430 t + 44 (0) 7976 802487 m

PowerMail quitting unexpectedly, unable to create/open database

2006-10-15 Thread jbeiss
to anothr folder, they simply copy. It is impossible to try to reopen PM to see which, if any, is corrupted. What can you suggest? I did manage to export some folders to the PM Exchnge format but PM quit before I could import them to a new database. I'llhold them until able. Judith Beiss OS X 4.3.6

Re(2): Database Rebuild FAILED

2006-01-25 Thread Marlyse Comte
cleanly etc. To solve the problem I archived my PM database folder for folder until I had gotten rid of that specific message and ever since PM does again great. ---marlyse

Re: Database Rebuild FAILED

2006-01-25 Thread Mikael Byström
Amnon Yaish said: I told you I checked the fonts and found them sound. PowerMail uses the default system fonts for chinese, and I checked the same fonts are also used by other programs. This is no proof they are sound. How are you checking it? What do you know about font corruption? A more

Re: Database Rebuild FAILED

2006-01-25 Thread Robert Snyder
On Jan 23, 2006, at 5:02 PM, Andy Fragen wrote: Agreed. But my experience differs. I've never had an unfixable db error with PM and I've been using it since v3 Andy, I also have had PM since v.3 and until Sunday had not encountered a problem that PM could not recover. An interesting

Re: Database Rebuild FAILED

2006-01-24 Thread Amnon Yaish
Mikael Byström wrote: What's your excuse for not having backed up your DB? And may I ask what's your excuse for being so agressive? I *did* backup my DB. I did not say PM was expensive. However it is a paying client in a world of many good free ones, so I think I'm entitled at least to

Re: Database Rebuild FAILED

2006-01-24 Thread Mikael Byström
Amnon Yaish said: The situation described by Robert (and which I experimented all too often) should'nt ever happen, and if it happens, the tool to *try* and retrieve some of the messages in the corrupt database should be included in the package we are paying for, not paid (rather expensive

Re: Database Rebuild FAILED

2006-01-24 Thread Andy Fragen
to *try* and retrieve some of the messages in the corrupt database should be included in the package we are paying for, not paid (rather expensive) to a third party developer. Especially since the problem is evidently with PowerMail. Amnon. Jean-Michel Therond wrote: Le 23 janv. 06 à 19:41

Re: Database Rebuild FAILED

2006-01-24 Thread Jean-Michel Therond
Le 23 janv. 06 à 19:41, Robert Snyder a écrit : Hi, My database was nearing 2GB, so I tried to compress it, but that tailed with a database error. So I tried to perform a low level database rebuild, but that failed. HELP. This has all of my important data in it--licenses, serial

Database Rebuild FAILED

2006-01-24 Thread Robert Snyder
Hi, My database was nearing 2GB, so I tried to compress it, but that tailed with a database error. So I tried to perform a low level database rebuild, but that failed. HELP. This has all of my important data in it--licenses, serial numbers, job histories, etc. Is there any way to extract

Re: Large Database

2005-12-27 Thread Marco Piovanelli
Thanks everyone for all the good advice! After religiously backing up my entire mail folder, I compacted my mail database. The entire process took about 15 minutes, much less than I had feared, and trimmed the database size from 1.9 GB to 481 MB. Yay! This gives me more breathing room before

Re: Large Database

2005-12-27 Thread Andy Fragen
McBride said: Jim Pistrang ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) on 2005-12-26 16:44 said: Just curious, what is the total number of emails in your database? I Is there an easy way to tell? I have so many folders looking at each and adding them would be a pain. :) -- I object to violence because when it appears

Re: Large Database

2005-12-27 Thread Sean McBride
Jim Pistrang ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) on 2005-12-26 16:44 said: Just curious, what is the total number of emails in your database? I Is there an easy way to tell? I have so many folders looking at each and adding them would be a pain. :) -- I object to violence because when it appears to do good

Re: Large Database

2005-12-27 Thread Jim Pistrang
for later reference. One of this lists has accumulated in excess of 38,000 messages. Today, for the first time, it looks like I hit some hard limit, because the following dire warning popped up: Your database is near 2 GB Just curious, what is the total number of emails in your database? I have

Large Database

2005-12-27 Thread Marco Piovanelli
reference. One of this lists has accumulated in excess of 38,000 messages. Today, for the first time, it looks like I hit some hard limit, because the following dire warning popped up: Your database is near 2 GB PowerMail can't handle a message database larger than 2 GB. You should compact

Archive Database?

2005-06-16 Thread Steve Abrahamson
be searched in one go using Spotlight, whether or not the message is contained in your current mail database. What is an archive database? It it possible to use more than one database with PM at once? And how do I split my current database so that I can seperate my archived email? Steve Abrahamson

Re: Searching in Replaced Database

2005-05-29 Thread Marlyse Comte
time for maintenance: quit PM. launch PM with option-command keys down - reindex database. ---marlyse former message(s) quotes: - I had to erase my main drive due to problems unrelated to PowerMail. Re- installing PowerMail in the new setup I copied over the PM

Re: Why does rebuilding database mount file systems?

2005-05-06 Thread C. A. Niemiec
On a related not about file references, I've noticed over time that PM has lost file reference integrity. An example: I got pics from a ski trip from a friend; when I went back to find that picture, PM thought the enclosure was an html file - clearly wrong. If the mail is older than a few month,

Re: Why does rebuilding database mount file systems?

2005-05-06 Thread Steve Abrahamson
Bob, Yes, technically that accomplishes having the attachment somewhere else, but now you've got two copies of it. Not only is that inefficient in terms of storage, but if it's an editable document, you now have version control issues. Option-dragging does work, and it's great that the feature

Re: Why does rebuilding database mount file systems?

2005-05-05 Thread PowerMail Engineering
you compact your database, or perform a verification of the consistency, attachment aliases are verified; if the path has changed but they are still found by ID, the path is update, and vice versa. So, it's a good thing to compact or verify your database from time to time, and especially before moving

Re: Why does rebuilding database mount file systems?

2005-05-05 Thread A-NO-NE Music
Tim Lapin / 2005/05/04 / 07:34 PM wrote: It is possible that you both need to run some disk checks and/or permission utilities? Not sure how it would help but I run these utils more than anyone else because of beta testings I do. Anyway, I have an idea. I move PM folder a lot. Between

Re: Why does rebuilding database mount file systems?

2005-05-05 Thread Tim Lapin
On Wednesday, May 4, 2005, A-NO-NE Music sent forth: Steve Abrahamson / 2005/05/04 / 12:44 PM wrote: On a related not about file references, I've noticed over time that PM has lost file reference integrity. An example: I got pics from a ski trip from a friend; when I went back to find

Re: Why does rebuilding database mount file systems?

2005-05-05 Thread Christian Roth
Dr Dave wrote: because I eventually group all the attachments together by year (at least) so as to keep the current attachments folder less cluttered easier to find recent attachments. I have created a simple AppleScript to create a folder for each email that has attachments and move

Re: Why does rebuilding database mount file systems?

2005-05-05 Thread Dr Dave
Sure. If I rename an attachment, or move several attachments together into a folder; they lose connection from the email message that they come from. Pretty weak. I can't say for sure if my old emails (2004) lose their connections to the attached files by themselves or not, because I

Re: Why does rebuilding database mount file systems?

2005-05-05 Thread A-NO-NE Music
Steve Abrahamson / 2005/05/04 / 12:44 PM wrote: On a related not about file references, I've noticed over time that PM has lost file reference integrity. An example: I got pics from a ski trip from a friend; when I went back to find that picture, PM thought the enclosure was an html file -

Re: Why does rebuilding database mount file systems?

2005-05-04 Thread Tim Lapin
On Wednesday, May 4, 2005, A-NO-NE Music sent forth: I believe latest pub beta changed this behavior. Which version are you using? -- - Hiro From the header of Robert's message: X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail version 5.1 build 4340 English BTW, I hope you are right about the fix.

Re: Why does rebuilding database mount file systems?

2005-05-04 Thread PowerMail Engineering
Robert Snyder wrote: I have an odd situation where every time I rebuild my mail database, PowerMail opens four, network attached file systems. This will be fixed in 5.2. PowerMail will no longer try to mount networked/removable file systems when verifying attachment references. The attachments

Re: Why does rebuilding database mount file systems?

2005-05-04 Thread A-NO-NE Music
Robert Snyder / 2005/05/04 / 08:29 AM wrote: I have an odd situation where every time I rebuild my mail database, PowerMail opens four, network attached file systems. While I have migrated my mail from various systems over the years, this situation is particularly odd since none of the file

Why does rebuilding database mount file systems?

2005-05-04 Thread Robert Snyder
I have an odd situation where every time I rebuild my mail database, PowerMail opens four, network attached file systems. While I have migrated my mail from various systems over the years, this situation is particularly odd since none of the file systems it opens could possibly have been systems

Re: PM 5 - database corrupted, no recovery? [u]

2005-01-27 Thread Mikael Byström
Stephen Grammont said: In the end it came down to an issue of stability. Mail has it, PM doesn't. I disagree with that blanket statement. I find PM very stable, but I had one irrecoverable situation when my old machine suddenly stopped (not froze, just physically stoppped), because of heat

Re: PM 5 - database corrupted, no recovery? [u]

2005-01-27 Thread Jeremy Hughes
randomly. I have 112,000 messages in my PowerMail database. I wouldn't trust Apple Mail with more than 50,000. Whatever email client you use, you should back up your mail regularly if it is important to you. Best wishes, Jeremy

Re(2): PM 5 - database corrupted, no recovery? [u]

2005-01-26 Thread Olaf Drümmer
Hi Steve, thanks for sharing your thoughts. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:18:04 -0500 In the end it came down to an issue of stability. Mail has it, PM doesn't. did you verify? The various experiences in our company showed durign the past few years that many email clients

PM 5 - database corrupted, no recovery? [u]

2005-01-24 Thread Olaf Drümmer
Hi folks I seem to be unable to recover from a database issue - no access anymore to my email database... Starting last Thursday I ran into database issues. After doing a 'compact database' (after PM 5.0 had warned me that I was coming close to the 2GB limit) the night before, when retrieving

ARRGGHH - more database issues

2004-11-20 Thread Manoel A Felciano
OK-- After finally getting a new drive for my PB G4 (the internal had gone bad SMART status failing), I am tryign to get PM up and running again. I have downloaded and installed 5.1 and registered it. Then I copied over my powermail files and launched, holding down optapple to get the PM

Re: Help! Trouble with compacting database

2004-11-15 Thread C. A. Niemiec
This problem is fixed with release 5.1. The download I got from the PM 5.1 main download link (faster), namely, http://homepage.sunrise.ch/mysunrise/ctm/pm5.dmg gives me a PowerMail _5.0.2_ folder and a PowerMail _5.0.2_ app inside. Labeled that way anyhow. Didn't run it to find out. Tried

Re: Help! Trouble with compacting database

2004-11-15 Thread PowerMail Engineering
C.S. Mo wrote: I'm running PowerMail 5.1 under MacOSX 10.2.8, PowerMail recently crashed because my mail database reached 2048mb. I've tried compacting the database, but I just get a message that There is only 2048mb free, 2079mb required.. This problem is fixed with release 5.1. Jérôme

Re: powermail-discuss Digest Database Error

2004-10-20 Thread Ira Lansing
I can not use the program now because every time I start it, I get a message rebuilding indices... so I wait until just before it is finished I get Database error Your mail is probably safe. Try holding down the command and option keys the next time you start PM. This brings up the option

DATABASE error

2004-10-19 Thread maf291
Hi -- I'm a registered user of PM 5.0.2, and have been very happy until recently... I can not use the program now because every time I start it, I get a message rebuilding indices... so I wait until just before it is finished I get Database error more details... provides the following

Re: First Aid/Compact Database crashing...

2004-10-01 Thread Mikael Byström
Kjell Olausson said: They are. An application that crashes should not affect other applications. I have one recurring problem involving the Finder and problems with Network volumes. The Finder keeps spinning the beachball and kill commands in the dock or in the terminal, doesn't work. That's

Re(3): First Aid/Compact Database crashing...

2004-09-30 Thread Kjell Olausson
Urs Gruetzner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for this helpful hint, it resolved the problem! What bothers me now: I always thought, that in OSX all the applications are working in their own areas of the RAM. That fact that the presence of one affects another app is somewhat irritating.

Re: First Aid/Compact Database crashing...

2004-09-30 Thread PowerMail Engineering
Emily Jackson wrote: Good idea would be to contact DT's author (James is pretty good at responding). He has addressed this problem on the DragThing message board (http:// www.dragthing.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=3;t=23). The workaround he suggests is to change DragThing's

RE: Re(2): First Aid/Compact Database crashing...

2004-09-30 Thread Alex Newman
Mittwoch, 29. September 2004 15:26 Uhr Mirko Kranenburg [EMAIL PROTECTED] That seems to be a very plausible explanation! Future releases of DragThing and/or PowerMail should handle the matter more gracefully, though. But: the support for PowerMail by Dragthing is in itself a very

Re: First Aid/Compact Database crashing...

2004-09-29 Thread Mirko Kranenburg
That seems to be a very plausible explanation! Future releases of DragThing and/or PowerMail should handle the matter more gracefully, though. But: the support for PowerMail by Dragthing is in itself a very good thing, as way too many apps focus on Mail and Entourage only. Mirko On Wed, 29

Re: First Aid/Compact Database crashing...

2004-09-29 Thread C. A. Niemiec
Mine was resolved by switching off DragThing - if you have that installed try disabling it. What bothers me now: I always thought, that in OSX all the applications are working in their own areas of the RAM. That fact that the presence of one affects another app is somewhat irritating. I

Re(3): First Aid/Compact Database crashing...

2004-09-29 Thread Urs Gruetzner
Dienstag, 28. September 2004 18:56 Uhr Pat O'Halloran [EMAIL PROTECTED] It appears that on 28/9/04 at 5:22 pm Urs Gruetzner spake thus: It seems that several users have the same problem reported, but I newer saw any help posted here. Did I miss something during my absence last week? Urs

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