Hallo Bob, On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 16:36:17 -0700GMT (28-1-2007, 0:36 +0100, where I live), you wrote:
BR> 1. Does "refresh" rebuild the index of a mailbox? No, IIRC 'refresh' is something for virtual folders. BR> 2. I notice, in each folder, a .TBB and a .TBI file, together with BR> a group of .tmp files. Is .TBI the index? And why are there .tmp BR> files in each mailbox? The .tbb contains the messages, the .tbi is the index file, there shouldn't be any .tmp files (I have none) the abundance of .tmp files might be due to your problems. A multitude of .tmp files in the temp folder disturbs TB's finer functioning, so you might try to delete them. BR> 3. Is it dangerous to delete a .TBI file and let The Bat generate BR> a new one automatically? Will it, in fact, generate a new TBI file BR> in a given mailbox if I delete the old one? It isn't dangerous to delete a .tbi file, TB will create a new one as soon as you access that folder again. In general I advise to close TB before starting to delete .tbi files. BR> Rick Grunwald wrote a reply about a week ago which stated in part, BR> a solution beginning with "I use the ABC The Bat converter" when BR> he had a trouble similar to mine, but the process he described BR> seemed complex. Hmmm. I don't wish to risk losing mailboxes here, BR> whatever I do. Everybody has his pet application, I guess the ABC converter is Rick's. ;-) There are more third party tools that are able to backup TB's message base. Mailbag assistant is one of those (no, I don't use that one either) My suggestion would be to export all folders to the Unix mailbox format. TB can do that by itself (select all msgs in a folder Tools->Export) And the Unix mailbox format can be read by a quite a lot of mail related applications. BR> Also, a related question. TB website said to try to keep the inbox BR> down to 50 messages or less, and I have tried to do that. I wouldn't pin myself down to 50. Currently I've got 185 msgs in my Inbox and I've never had any problems on that point. My advice is that you don't use the Inbox for permanent storage. If a message is worth being kept then you'd do best to move it to a different folder. Those 185 of mine are just 180 days worth of unfiltered (and unmoved) mail, they'll expire in due time. BR> Pegasus Mail, by default, moves all new inbox mail to a "main" BR> folder when exiting Pegasus (as a default option), so that the BR> inbox is clean when starting the next time. Would that feature be BR> helpful in TB? It isn't TB default, but that functionality is available right now. Create a folder called 'Main' In the account properties you'll find something called 'alternative deletion' Account -> Properties -> Mail management -> Deletion -> Alt deletion Set this to move alternatively deleted messages to your 'Main' folder Check the option to use alternative deletion for purging. Set the Inbox to purge on exit, set the max number of messages to zero and you're done. Unfortunately this will purge all messages from other folders to 'Main' too, so if you purge more folders you might want to alter the alt deletion options for those folders. You can set the alternative deletion options for all folders except for Inbox, Outbox, sent mail and Trash. -- Groetjes, Roelof If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you! http://www.voormijalleen.nl/ The Bat! 3.95.8 Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 1 pop3 account, server on LAN OTFE enabled P4 3GHz 2 GB RAM
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