Ming-Li,
Regarding your message dated: 14 September 2000...
>> (1) If I do that, is it possible to save only the message file and
>> not the index file? If I then try to read the message file by
>> itself, will it work without the index?
ML> Yes, TB would recreate the index.
ML> <...snip...>
ML> Also remember to compress the folder before doing that, otherwise
ML> all deleted messages would be "undeleted".
I'd like to add one 'major' consideration to this point. As Ming-Li
noted, previously deleted messages may reappear if the folder was not
compressed before the index file was deleted.
The big warning here is that the 'Outbox' folder under TB is not set
by default to automatically compress and purge. Normally, I have all
my folders set to 'compress and purge' when TB exits - it adds about
30 seconds to the programs close but it does keep my folders nice and
tidy. That means I don't manually need to ask TB to perform purge and
compress myself.
However, I had omitted to change the properties of the Outbox folder
when I set the purge and compress option on my other folders. The
result?... When the index file for my Outbox folder was
deleted/lost/corrupted (still not sure exactly what happened to it) TB
happily recreated it.
Unfortunately, to my great embarrassment, that meant recreating about
30 messages which I'd already sent... and because they were then
sitting in the outbox TB happily resent them! Regular readers here
may recall that one such message was one I'd already sent to TBUDL by
mistake so I ended up having to apologise twice for the same mistake.
Needless to say, the purge/compress flag is permanently set on my
Outbox now... just in case. :)
I believe horses have a relevant expression regarding stable doors and
bolting...
Best Wishes,
Mark
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