Hello Abigail, On Tue, 9 Aug 2011 16:19:28 -0700 GMT (10/Aug/11, 6:19 AM +0700 GMT), Abigail Marshall wrote:
AM> *1. Attachment Folder, *.msg extensions* *.msg should be messages that were attached to emails. You can double-click on them and then they will open in TB!. So you can decide whether you want to keep them. These should be attachments to messages, not the messages itself. AM> *2. Mail Folders: .BCK, .BK0, .BK1, IBO, IB1* AM> * AM> * AM> My individual mail folders have a lot of OLD files (at least +1 year) that AM> have extensions that look like the above. usually named something like AM> MESSAGES.BCK I get the .BCK files when I try to back-up or compress folders and there is some problem. Next time the file extension increases to .BK0, then .BK1, then .BK2 and so on. You can recover messages from there, but I usually decide that I don't miss any messages, so I delete these files. I have never seen .IB0 or .IB1 files. AM> Am I correct in assuming that these are all backups of one sort or another, AM> and that the ONLY files I need in each folder are: AM> MESSAGES.TBB and AM> MESSAGES.TBN Yes, most of my folders have only these two files. AM> Anyway, I'd appreciate it if anyone would let me know if there is a reason AM> NOT to delete the above files. Keep in mind that I am talking about files AM> that show "last modified" that are at least a year old. As I said, I delete that stuff. But please wait for others to comment before you follow my advice. -- Cheers, Thomas. http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/ Message reply created with The Bat! 4.2.44 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 3 ________________________________________________ Current version is 4.2.42 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
