Marck,
Regarding your message dated: Sunday, July 23, 2000...
MDP> I recommend using purge / compress once in a while and setting outbox
MDP> for auto purge/compress.
MDP> WOW! I just had a shock! I browsed deleted messages in my outbox ...
MDP> Hundreds of them !!! I've just changed my outbox settings for purge /
MDP> compress.
MDP> So, by allowing TB to reconstruct the outbox index it is likely that
MDP> many un-purged messages came back into existence, especially if you
MDP> practiced (as in this instance) "recontructus interruptus" <g>.
Quite some time ago I went through and ticked the 'purge' and
'compress' flags on all my mail folders ... except the 'Outbox'
folder.
I wonder therefore if this could be the problem. I just checked the
files ('MESSAGES.tbb' and 'MESSAGES.tbi') via TextPad and found 500K
of messages in there! (Yet in TB!, my outbox is empty...)
Included in this detritus was the message that found its way back to
the list yesterday. I'm not sure why TB! resurrected the old messages
from this file when recreating the 'MESSAGES.tbi' files in a couple of
other folders but it looks as though that may have been what happened.
Anyway, I have checked this folder for purge and compress too now
(saving 500K!) so hopefully I may be protected from a repeat
performance.
It might be worthwhile considering what happened to me though if
anyone else thinks to delete a 'tbi' file. From scanning the contents
of the '.tbi' file in the Outbox folder I could be in for a rough time
if anymore of those messages were resent.
In case I don't survive this ordeal, it was nice knowing you all!
Best wishes,
Mark
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