Re: large mailboxes

2005-07-21 Thread Chris Lilley
On Wednesday, May 4, 2005, 2:15:40 AM, The wrote: TFC> Hello Jarle H. Knudsen TFC> On Monday, May 2, 2005, 2:32:30 PM +0400 GMT TFC> You wrote: JHK>> Seems like the built-in backup is useless for me. I currenly have JHK>> 2,4 GB of mail, and growing. TFC> darn that's a lot of emails! TFC> I've

Re[2]: large mailboxes

2005-05-17 Thread Norbert Luckhardt
hiyall, >> "Backup files larger than 2GB may not then be restored" JHK> Seems like the built-in backup is useless for me. I currenly have JHK> 2,4 GB of mail, and growing. maybe it would be possible to split them into multiple pseudo-accounts - I e.g. use such accounts as yearly archive containe

Re: large mailboxes

2005-05-04 Thread Miguel A. Urech
Hello ETM, > Recipes in email form don't require bookshelf > space and dusting and I plan to live at least that > much longer . > > > Elaine (70 this year) Congratulations for your age and spirit :) -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v3.5 Return RC2 ___

Re: large mailboxes

2005-05-04 Thread ETM
>> Cooking is a hobby, and I also maintain about 7000 >> recipes in email form,... > 7000 recipes? H..., if you wanted to try a > different one every day it would take you almost > 20 years to try them all ;-) Recipes in email form don't require bookshelf space and dusting and I plan to live

Re: large mailboxes

2005-05-04 Thread Miguel A. Urech
Hello ETM, > Cooking is a hobby, and I also maintain about 7000 > recipes in email form,... 7000 recipes? H..., if you wanted to try a different one every day it would take you almost 20 years to try them all ;-) -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v3.5 Re

Re: large mailboxes

2005-05-04 Thread ETM
> darn that's a lot of emails! > I've been keeping all my emails for almost 10 > years now and I dont have that much I do have that much mail and more because I use my mail program as a searchable filing cabinet. I have even committed data to email that is saved (not sent) and then moved to its

Re: large mailboxes

2005-05-03 Thread Miguel A. Urech
Hello The, JHK>> Seems like the built-in backup is useless for me. I currenly have JHK>> 2,4 GB of mail, and growing. > > darn that's a lot of emails! > I've been keeping all my emails for almost 10 years now and I dont have that > much If you wish I can let you borrow about 1 GB of mine ;-) --

Re: large mailboxes

2005-05-03 Thread The Final Cut
Hello Jarle H. Knudsen On Monday, May 2, 2005, 2:32:30 PM +0400 GMT You wrote: JHK> Seems like the built-in backup is useless for me. I currenly have JHK> 2,4 GB of mail, and growing. darn that's a lot of emails! I've been keeping all my emails for almost 10 years now and I dont have that much

Re: large mailboxes

2005-05-02 Thread ETM
> Seems like the built-in backup is useless for me. I currenly have > 2,4 GB of mail, and growing. My mail of about that same amount backs up to about a 500+ MB file. I do total backups, but believe they also can be incremental, just haven't tested that. I successfully restored just recently af

Re: large mailboxes

2005-05-02 Thread Jarle H. Knudsen
Monday, May 2, 2005, 2:41:19 PM, Britt Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Is the 2 GB limit for each mail folder, the total size of all folders, >> or perhaps the backup image? > It must be the backup image, because I was told that: > "Backup files larger than 2GB may not then be restored" See

Re: large mailboxes

2005-05-02 Thread Britt Malka
Hi Jarle, Sunday, May 1, 2005 at 1:15:05 PM you wrote: > Is the 2 GB limit for each mail folder, the total size of all folders, > or perhaps the backup image? It must be the backup image, because I was told that: "Backup files larger than 2GB may not then be restored" -- Kind regards,

Re: large mailboxes

2005-05-01 Thread Jarle H. Knudsen
Wednesday, February 2, 2005, 6:47:30 PM, Britt Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Be beware if you make a backup that you cannot restore more than 2 GB. Is the 2 GB limit for each mail folder, the total size of all folders, or perhaps the backup image? -- Jarle H. Knudsen ___

Re: large mailboxes

2005-02-02 Thread Gerard
ON Wednesday, February 2, 2005, 6:43:17 PM, you wrote: NL> if no messages are moving in and out, nothing happens of course... Which does not seem to be the case otherwise P+C would not take minutes. -- Best regards, Gerard -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Re[2]: large mailboxes

2005-02-02 Thread Norbert Luckhardt
hiyall, KS> Can someone tell why NOT compressing and purging the data increases KS> chances of data corruption. if there is substantial "movement" of messages in the folder, the mailbox file grows and becomes more and more fragmented as the system is only marking deleted mails as such... so the i

Re: large mailboxes

2005-02-02 Thread K. Shantanu
* Gerard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [050202 11:37]: > > ON Wednesday, February 2, 2005, 4:18:58 PM, you wrote: > KS> Is there any chance with using the compression facility (even a remote > KS> chance) that I might lose data in any case? > > It is actually the other way around, if you do not use it the

Re: large mailboxes

2005-02-02 Thread Britt Malka
Hi K., Wednesday, February 2, 2005 at 4:18:58 PM you wrote: > Is there any chance with using the compression facility (even a remote > chance) that I might lose data in any case? I don't think so, but with computers you can never be sure :-) Be beware if you make a backup that you cannot restor

Re[2]: large mailboxes

2005-02-02 Thread Norbert Luckhardt
hiyall, G> ON Wednesday, February 2, 2005, 4:18:58 PM, you wrote: KS>> Is there any chance with using the compression facility (even a remote KS>> chance) that I might lose data in any case? G> It is actually the other way around, if you do not use it the change for file G> corruption increases.

Re: large mailboxes

2005-02-02 Thread Gerard
ON Wednesday, February 2, 2005, 4:18:58 PM, you wrote: KS> Is there any chance with using the compression facility (even a remote KS> chance) that I might lose data in any case? It is actually the other way around, if you do not use it the change for file corruption increases. You will need to p

Re[2]: large mailboxes

2005-02-02 Thread Norbert Luckhardt
case? yes, there is! especially with heavy frequented and large mailboxes... well, at least there was a substantial chance of the mailbox getting corrupted some times ago... (I changed my behaviour and that of our users to regularly compress and purge the inbox those times, so we did not see any m

Re: large mailboxes

2005-02-02 Thread K. Shantanu
* Britt Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [050202 08:56]: > Hi K., > > Wednesday, February 2, 2005 at 2:41:09 PM you wrote: > > > It shows "Compressing folders" for more than a couple of mins. Is > > there any way to get around this suitation? > > Yes. > > Account -> Properties -> Options -> Remove v

Re: large mailboxes

2005-02-02 Thread Britt Malka
Hi K., Wednesday, February 2, 2005 at 2:41:09 PM you wrote: > It shows "Compressing folders" for more than a couple of mins. Is > there any way to get around this suitation? Yes. Account -> Properties -> Options -> Remove v from Compress folders on exit. -- Kind regards, Britt Malka |\

Re: large mailboxes

2005-02-02 Thread Gerard
ON Wednesday, February 2, 2005, 2:41:09 PM, you wrote: KS> Hi, KS> A friend of mine has recently started using The Bat! and has over KS> 50,000 messages in it (most imported from OE). The problem is that it KS> takes quite a while to close The Bat!. It shows "Compressing folders" KS> for more than

Re: large mailboxes

2005-02-02 Thread Marck D Pearlstone
Dear K, @2-Feb-2005, 07:41 -0600 (02-Feb 13:41 UK time) K. Shantanu [KS] in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: ... KS> takes quite a while to close The Bat!. It shows "Compressing folders" KS> for more than a couple of mins. KS> Is there any way to get around this suitation? The best way I find is to

large mailboxes

2005-02-02 Thread K. Shantanu
Hi, A friend of mine has recently started using The Bat! and has over 50,000 messages in it (most imported from OE). The problem is that it takes quite a while to close The Bat!. It shows "Compressing folders" for more than a couple of mins. Is there any way to get around this suitation? Thanks, S