Hi Mitch,
> And, back to my original question: is there anything I can do FROM
> WITHIN THE BAT! to prevent future message losses? Anything I can
> do to recover the three weeks of messages which are no longer
> showing up in my mailbox, but which (fingers crossed) might still
> be hidden somewhere in my mail archive?
What I do is to leave mail on server for one day, and I backup my
mail (in fact, all my data) to my CDRW on a daily basis. Should
anything goes wrong, I restore yesterday's mail base, and
re-retrieve all mail since last backup via mail dispatcher.
If you don't do backup (you should), the safest way that can be done
purely within TB is to setup a backup account (which share the same
POP3 settings with your main account). Check the "leave mail on
server" (for x days, if you don't want it there forever) option in
both accounts. You don't need to recreate all the folders and
filters for the backup account. All mail is left in the Inbox.
Should the main account loose mail, you restore the lost part from
the backup account. To save space, you may setup the Inbox for the
backup account to hold mail for x days only, and the x-day's worth
of mail would be the insurance you have.
Still, backup often is my top recommendation. With that, you don't
loose any sleep (except maybe staying up for the restore job)
however badly your computer or any application screws up.
--
Best regards,
Ming-Li mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
--------------------------------------------------------------
View the TBUDL archive at http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com
To send a message to the list moderation team double click here:
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To Unsubscribe from TBUDL, double click here and send the message:
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
--------------------------------------------------------------
You are subscribed as : [email protected]
