Re[2]: Leaving messages in inbox
JSL A long time ago there was a thread on the dangers of leaving messages
JSL in the inbox. Unfortunately I no longer remember exactly what the
JSL danger was. I searched the archives for the subject line above but
JSL found nothing explaining the problem. Does anybody remember?
RO Basically it comes to this.
RO The Inbox is a high traffic folder: every message that enters your
RO message base first arrives in the Inbox, moving and deleting
RO (automatically and manually) means another mutation of your Inbox.
RO Due to these multiple mutations it's easy for things to go awry.
RO There's your first reason not to use the Inbox for permanent storage.
RO When your Inbox is large it's more difficult to mutate it then when
RO it's small, so using the Inbox for permanent storage makes it more
RO likely for things to go awry.
RO Of course executing compress and purge daily minimises the chance that
RO things go bad.
RO I've never had a corrupt Inbox, so I've never been bitten, but in the
RO past the issue came up regularly. But why use a mail client with an
RO extensive filtering engine like TB when you store everything in the
RO Inbox.
I totally agree with every word Roelof wrote. My addition: the only way I
saw corrupted Inboxes (I am a TB distributor) that people used the
Compress at exit. When I send the registration keys to users, this is
the information (in brief) I send them in the text of the mail before
the actual reg. code:
- switch off the Compress at exit forj all Inboxes, this is how you can
do it
- make manual compress of Inboxes at every two weeks, a month, based
on your email load
(I compress my folders every Sunday)
Vili
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Re: Leaving messages in inbox
Hello Jack, On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 17:00:44 -0600 GMT (08/01/2009, 06:00 +0700 GMT), Jack S. LaRosa wrote: JSL A long time ago there was a thread on the dangers of leaving messages JSL in the inbox. Unfortunately I no longer remember exactly what the JSL danger was. I searched the archives for the subject line above but JSL found nothing explaining the problem. Does anybody remember? I remember. I think Marck was it who said at the time (must be years since he was active on this list) that the Inbox is a high-traffic list and therefore more likely to get corrupted than any other folder. IIRC. -- Cheers, Thomas. The difference between a king and a president is that a king is the son of his father but a president is not. http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/ Message reply created with The Bat! 4.0.28.4 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 Current version is 4.1.7 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Leaving messages in inbox
Hallo Jack, On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 17:00:44 -0600GMT (8-1-2009, 0:00 +0100, where I live), you wrote: JSL A long time ago there was a thread on the dangers of leaving messages JSL in the inbox. Unfortunately I no longer remember exactly what the JSL danger was. I searched the archives for the subject line above but JSL found nothing explaining the problem. Does anybody remember? Basically it comes to this. The Inbox is a high traffic folder: every message that enters your message base first arrives in the Inbox, moving and deleting (automatically and manually) means another mutation of your Inbox. Due to these multiple mutations it's easy for things to go awry. There's your first reason not to use the Inbox for permanent storage. When your Inbox is large it's more difficult to mutate it then when it's small, so using the Inbox for permanent storage makes it more likely for things to go awry. Of course executing compress and purge daily minimises the chance that things go bad. I've never had a corrupt Inbox, so I've never been bitten, but in the past the issue came up regularly. But why use a mail client with an extensive filtering engine like TB when you store everything in the Inbox. -- Groetjes, Roelof I'm not a Vulcan, but I play one on TV - Leonard Nimoy http://www.voormijalleen.nl/ The Bat! 4.1.9 Windows Vista 6.0 Build 6001 Service Pack 1 3 pop3 accounts OTFE enabled Quad Core 2.4GHz 4 GB RAM pgp42MKrTSTEE.pgp Description: PGP signature Current version is 4.1.7 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Leaving messages in inbox
Hello Roelof, Thursday, January 8, 2009, 11:09:50 AM, you wrote: RO Hallo Jack, RO On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 17:00:44 -0600GMT (8-1-2009, 0:00 +0100, where I RO live), you wrote: JSL A long time ago there was a thread on the dangers of leaving messages JSL in the inbox. Unfortunately I no longer remember exactly what the JSL danger was. I searched the archives for the subject line above but JSL found nothing explaining the problem. Does anybody remember? RO Basically it comes to this. RO The Inbox is a high traffic folder: every message that enters your RO message base first arrives in the Inbox, moving and deleting RO (automatically and manually) means another mutation of your Inbox. RO Due to these multiple mutations it's easy for things to go awry. RO There's your first reason not to use the Inbox for permanent storage. RO When your Inbox is large it's more difficult to mutate it then when RO it's small, so using the Inbox for permanent storage makes it more RO likely for things to go awry. RO Of course executing compress and purge daily minimises the chance that RO things go bad. RO I've never had a corrupt Inbox, so I've never been bitten, but in the RO past the issue came up regularly. But why use a mail client with an RO extensive filtering engine like TB when you store everything in the RO Inbox. First let me apologize for the double post (what, me senile?) on the original question. Second, thanks to you and Thomas for answering the question. To see it described as you and Thomas have done makes sense. I remember the warning about this (though not the reason) from years ago and I then promptly created a Faux inbox which is filled with all incoming messages to the primary inbox by a filter. I just couldn't remember why I did it. -- Best regards, Jack mailto:jlar...@charter.net Using TB! v3.99.3 with K9 v1.28 anti spam Windows XP pro 5.1 Build 2600 - Service Pack 3 Current version is 4.1.7 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Leaving messages in inbox
Fellow list members, A long time ago there was a thread on the dangers of leaving messages in the inbox. Unfortunately I no longer remember exactly what the danger was. I searched the archives for the subject line above but found nothing explaining the problem. Does anybody remember? -- TIA, Jack LaRosa mailto:jlar...@charter.net Conveying information with The Bat! ver: 3.99.3 Operating? with Windows XP Pro ver 5 build 2600 Service Pack 3 Current version is 4.1.7 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
