Hello All, I have read the recent messages about backup procedures and entirely agree that a backup to the drive in which TB is installed is of little real use. All my backups go to a hard drive different from the source drive, or to an external destination.
I backup my TB message folders together with all my other data files using a programme where I can do differential or incremental backups to save time and space. However I would like to use the TB auto backup to backup the relatively small files such as Account Properties, Address Book, and Global Options. In my opinion the TB auto backup in several respects falls short of being a practical programme for my purpose. 1. It seems only able only to look for an 'existing archive' in the form of a file which has a name like 001.tbk; I presume this is to enable it to increment the number. IMO it would be better if it could look for a *folder* containing the backup files which would be individually independent with a date/time component in the file name instead of a serial number. 2. At the moment it is possible to make a file title with a macro such as %DATE(yyyymmdd) but the programme then fails on the next iteration with an error message saying it cannot find the file! It would also be nice if the macro %THEBATVERSION would work in the title, but it doesn't now. 3. Also at the moment, what is said in paragraph 2 only works if a full backup is called for, it does *NOT* work if only a partial backup is called for, as I would like to do. Comments please. -- Best regards, Roger :flag-southafrica: The Bat! v3.96.15 , with AntispamSniper 1.8.0.8 , on Windows XP, version 5 1, build 2600 and Service Pack 2 ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.96.15 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
