Re: Scary message (3)

2013-09-04 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Jack, On Sat, 31 Aug 2013 17:56:48 -0500 GMT (01-Sep-13, 05:56 +0700 GMT), Jack S. LaRosa wrote: TF>> Most welcome, and sorry for the comments above. You've been on this TF>> list for decades (longer than me, I think), so you know I don't mean TF>> any harm but just couldn't resist. > Your

Re: Scary message (3)

2013-09-01 Thread Jack S. LaRosa
Hello Thomas, On Saturday, August 31, 2013 you wrote: TF> Hello Jack, TF> On Sat, 31 Aug 2013 08:41:02 -0500 GMT (31-Aug-13, 20:41 +0700 GMT), TF> Jack S. LaRosa wrote: I have the MESSAGES.TBB file from her Carbonite backup of the SENT folder which I'll try to restore today. If

Re: Scary message (3)

2013-08-31 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Jack, On Sat, 31 Aug 2013 08:41:02 -0500 GMT (31-Aug-13, 20:41 +0700 GMT), Jack S. LaRosa wrote: >>> I have the MESSAGES.TBB file from her Carbonite backup of the SENT folder >>> which >>> I'll try to restore today. If the backup file is also corrupted, Carbonite >>> also >>> keeps earli

Re: Scary message (3)

2013-08-31 Thread Jack S. LaRosa
Hello Thomas, On Saturday, August 31, 2013 you wrote: TF> Hello Jack, TF> On Thu, 15 Aug 2013 08:58:42 -0500 GMT (15-Aug-13, 20:58 +0700 GMT), TF> Jack S. LaRosa wrote: >> I have the MESSAGES.TBB file from her Carbonite backup of the SENT folder >> which >> I'll try to restore today. If the b

Re: Scary message (3)

2013-08-30 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Jack, On Thu, 15 Aug 2013 08:58:42 -0500 GMT (15-Aug-13, 20:58 +0700 GMT), Jack S. LaRosa wrote: > I have the MESSAGES.TBB file from her Carbonite backup of the SENT folder > which > I'll try to restore today. If the backup file is also corrupted, Carbonite > also > keeps earlier version

Re: Scary message (3)

2013-08-15 Thread Jack S. LaRosa
Hello Thomas, On Thursday, August 15, 2013 you wrote: TF> Hello Jack, TF> On Wed, 14 Aug 2013 18:06:28 -0500 GMT (15-Aug-13, 06:06 +0700 GMT), TF> Jack S. LaRosa wrote: >> My wife just informed me that a message which was in her SENT folder after I >> had >> successfully (I thought) restored a

Re: Scary message (3)

2013-08-15 Thread MFPA
Hi On Thursday 15 August 2013 at 2:50:12 AM, in , Thomas Fernandez wrote: > In order to delete messages from the folder, you have > to purge and compress. I do that regularly, but chances > are your wife didn't. Unless TB! is configured to do it automatically, perhaps on exit. -- Best r

Re: Scary message (3)

2013-08-14 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Jack, On Wed, 14 Aug 2013 18:06:28 -0500 GMT (15-Aug-13, 06:06 +0700 GMT), Jack S. LaRosa wrote: > My wife just informed me that a message which was in her SENT folder after I > had > successfully (I thought) restored all the messages that were in the FAUX > INBOX, > has disappeared. She

Scary message (3)

2013-08-14 Thread Jack S. LaRosa
Greetings Fellow Bats, My wife just informed me that a message which was in her SENT folder after I had successfully (I thought) restored all the messages that were in the FAUX INBOX, has disappeared. She moved the message in question to another folder for safekeeping but it's no longer there nor

Re: Scary message (success!)

2013-08-12 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello MFPA, On Sun, 11 Aug 2013 22:03:53 +0100 GMT (12-Aug-13, 04:03 +0700 GMT), MFPA wrote: >> Yeah, just delete them. They are not needed anymore and >> just slow down your system. > Any ideas why would they be in that folder instead of the Temp folder? > I get them in the temp folder, and t

Re: Scary message (success!)

2013-08-12 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Jack, On Sun, 11 Aug 2013 17:27:12 -0500 GMT (12-Aug-13, 05:27 +0700 GMT), Jack S. LaRosa wrote: TF>> I believe you would have had the same result had you deleted the index TF>> file as I suggested. ;-) Too late now to check. > In retrospect it sure would have been easier to simply rename

Re: Scary message (success!)

2013-08-11 Thread Jack S. LaRosa
Hello Thomas, On Sunday, August 11, 2013 you wrote: TF> Hello Jack, TF> On Fri, 9 Aug 2013 16:34:57 -0500 GMT (10-Aug-13, 04:34 +0700 GMT), TF> Jack S. LaRosa wrote: >> Thanks to everyone's patience and understanding, I finally understood that I >> had >> to create a new folder using Windows E

Re: Scary message (success!)

2013-08-11 Thread MFPA
Hi On Sunday 11 August 2013 at 4:35:05 PM, in , Thomas Fernandez wrote: > Yeah, just delete them. They are not needed anymore and > just slow down your system. Any ideas why would they be in that folder instead of the Temp folder? I get them in the temp folder, and they are usually delet

Re: Scary message (success!)

2013-08-11 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Jack, On Fri, 9 Aug 2013 16:34:57 -0500 GMT (10-Aug-13, 04:34 +0700 GMT), Jack S. LaRosa wrote: > Thanks to everyone's patience and understanding, I finally understood that I > had > to create a new folder using Windows Explorer in the same directory which > contained the original Faux inb

Re: Scary message

2013-08-09 Thread Roger Phillips
Hello MFPA, Friday, August 9, 2013, 9:31:38 PM, among other things, you wrote: M> On Thursday 8 August 2013 at 7:22:04 PM, in M> , Jack S. LaRosa wrote: >> A long time ago on this list it was mentioned that it >> was somehow risky keeping messages in the inbox for any >> length of time. I don't

Scary message (success!)

2013-08-09 Thread Jack S. LaRosa
Greetings Fellow Bats, My most profound thanks to all who contributed to solving my problem. Thanks to everyone's patience and understanding, I finally understood that I had to create a new folder using Windows Explorer in the same directory which contained the original Faux inbox folder. After

Re: Scary message

2013-08-09 Thread MFPA
Hi On Thursday 8 August 2013 at 7:22:04 PM, in , Jack S. LaRosa wrote: > A long time ago on this list it was mentioned that it > was somehow risky keeping messages in the inbox for any > length of time. I don't remember why exactly. It can > probably be found in the TB! archives however. In

Re: Scary message (2)

2013-08-09 Thread MFPA
Hi On Friday 9 August 2013 at 2:35:19 PM, in , Jack S. LaRosa wrote: > Hello MFPA, > On Thursday, August 08, 2013 you wrote: M>> Hi M>> On Thursday 8 August 2013 at 10:43:29 PM, in M>> , Jack S. M>> LaRosa wrote: >>> Is there any way to get TB! to recognize that there >>> are messages which

Re: Scary message

2013-08-09 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Jack, On Thu, 8 Aug 2013 13:22:04 -0500 GMT (09-Aug-13, 01:22 +0700 GMT), Jack S. LaRosa wrote: TF>> What's a "faux" inbox? > A long time ago on this list it was mentioned that it was somehow risky > keeping > messages in the inbox for any length of time. I don't remember why exactly.

Re: Scary message (2)

2013-08-09 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Jack, On Thu, 8 Aug 2013 16:43:29 -0500 GMT (09-Aug-13, 04:43 +0700 GMT), Jack S. LaRosa wrote: > Well, now I've gone and done it. In an effort to fix the problem described in > Scary message, I located the "Faux inbox" messages here: > (C:\Users\her first name

Re: Scary message (2)

2013-08-09 Thread Raymund Tump
Hi Jack, RT>> do not create the folder with TB!. Instead create the folder and copy RT>> the messages.tbb into that folder. Now use the shortcut. > Forgive me for being so obtuse but can you expand your instructions a little? The point is that if you create the folder in TB the shortcut ALT+CTRL+

Re: Scary message (2)

2013-08-09 Thread Jack S. LaRosa
Hello Raymund, On Friday, August 09, 2013 you wrote: RT> Hi Jack, RT> do not create the folder with TB!. Instead create the folder and copy RT> the messages.tbb into that folder. Now use the shortcut. Forgive me for being so obtuse but can you expand your instructions a little? -- Best Regard

Re: Scary message (2)

2013-08-09 Thread Raymund Tump
Hi Jack, do not create the folder with TB!. Instead create the folder and copy the messages.tbb into that folder. Now use the shortcut. -- Cheers, Raymund pgpJs5JSy_0Rx.pgp Description: PGP signature Current version is 5.2.2 | 'Using TBUDL' infor

Re: Scary message (2)

2013-08-09 Thread Jack S. LaRosa
Hello MFPA, On Thursday, August 08, 2013 you wrote: M> Hi M> On Thursday 8 August 2013 at 10:43:29 PM, in M> , Jack S. LaRosa wrote: >> Is there any way to get TB! to recognize that there are >> messages which should be appearing in the message count >> and in the viewing pane? M> Wasn't

Re: Scary message (2)

2013-08-08 Thread MFPA
Hi On Thursday 8 August 2013 at 10:43:29 PM, in , Jack S. LaRosa wrote: > Is there any way to get TB! to recognize that there are > messages which should be appearing in the message count > and in the viewing pane? Wasn't there a shortcut something like CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+L when the focus is o

Scary message (2)

2013-08-08 Thread Jack S. LaRosa
Greetings, Well, now I've gone and done it. In an effort to fix the problem described in Scary message, I located the "Faux inbox" messages here: (C:\Users\her first name\AppData\Roaming\The Bat!\her full name\Faux inbox) and proceeded to rename the file MESSAGES.TBB to xMES

Re: Scary message

2013-08-08 Thread Rick
Another way to clean up a corrupt folder is to create another folder (under the inbox is fine). DRAG all the messages to it so the original is empty. Use the information tab (or just windows explorer) to go to that inbox and delete the MESSAGES files. Then drag your messages back to a clean inbo

Re: Scary message

2013-08-08 Thread Nicolas Berthelot
Jack, > NB> I have similar problem with IMAP folders, when I give too many commands > in a row, i.e. - Delete message from Inbox - Empty trash. > > I'm using POP. Will this make a difference? Yes, Its completely different. - The default & usual setting of the pop protocol will wipe messages fr

Re: Scary message

2013-08-08 Thread Jack S. LaRosa
Hello Nicolas, On Thursday, August 08, 2013 you wrote: NB> Hello NB> I have similar problem with IMAP folders, when I give too many commands in a row, i.e. - Delete message from Inbox - Empty trash. I'm using POP. Will this make a difference? -- Best Regards, Jack LaRosa :usflag: Central Al

Re: Scary message

2013-08-08 Thread Jack S. LaRosa
Hello Thomas, On Thursday, August 08, 2013 you wrote: TF> Hello Jack, TF> On Thu, 8 Aug 2013 08:43:38 -0500 GMT (08-Aug-13, 20:43 +0700 GMT), TF> Jack S. LaRosa wrote: >> My wife showed me a message she continues to get whenever she tries to view >> any message in her faux inbox earlier than Au

Re: Scary message

2013-08-08 Thread Nicolas Berthelot
Hello I have similar problem with IMAP folders, when I give too many commands in a row, i.e. - Delete message from Inbox - Empty trash. The problem seems to arise because the message is moved fast locally, but it can take time to sync the move to the trash on the server. The empty trash comman

Re: Scary message

2013-08-08 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Jack, On Thu, 8 Aug 2013 08:43:38 -0500 GMT (08-Aug-13, 20:43 +0700 GMT), Jack S. LaRosa wrote: > My wife showed me a message she continues to get whenever she tries to view > any message in her faux inbox earlier than Aug. 3rd. The problem seems to > affect only her faux inbox. Other fol

Re: Scary message

2013-08-08 Thread Tony Hoare
Hello Jim, Thursday, August 8, 2013, 4:19:04 PM, you wrote: > Thursday, August 8, 2013, 8:43:38 AM, you wrote: >> Is there something I can try or do I have to resort to a backup which may or >> may >> not be corrupted as well? > Since it doesn't appear with all messages, but only for those > e

Re: Scary message

2013-08-08 Thread Jim Kyle
Thursday, August 8, 2013, 8:43:38 AM, you wrote: > Is there something I can try or do I have to resort to a backup which may or > may > not be corrupted as well? Since it doesn't appear with all messages, but only for those earler than August 3, I'd suspect that the problem is a corrupted messa

Scary message

2013-08-08 Thread Jack S. LaRosa
Greetings Fellow Bats, My wife showed me a message she continues to get whenever she tries to view any message in her faux inbox earlier than Aug. 3rd. The problem seems to affect only her faux inbox. Other folders seem un-affected. The wording is as follows: --- BEGIN