Hello Mark,
On Sunday, September 17, 2000 at 03:07:33 GMT +0100 (which was 7:07 PM
where I live) witnesses say Mark R Harding typed:
<Snip intro to Kill Dupe function>
> I have a further question since I imagine that this function simply
> deletes the messages without showing you a list of what will be
> deleted first.
Correct.
> (I guess I might be asked to confirm that I really want
> to delete duplicate emails but I'd like to see what disappears of
> possible.)
Nope, no confirmation message here.
> I don;t want to risk a test run in case it does something
> unexpected.
You might be wise to make a backup of your mail folders first. (Point
Windows Explorer to your TB Mail folder and make a copy of it
somewhere.) Usually you can find this folder in:
C:\Program Files\The Bat!\Mail
Unless you're like me and put your folders elsewhere.
> Has anyone used this function such that they can report
> success/failures and also, what criteria will the "Kill Dupes" use to
> identify duplicate emails?
I use it all the time. I haven't had a problem, but then I don't get
much critical mail. If I do, I use the park feature. Parked messages
won't be deleted.
Kill Dupes uses the message IDs. So two messages in one folder with
the same message IDs are considered to be duplicates. This may or may
not be a good assumption, so you are wise in taking some precautions,
especially if it is critical mail.
> The last question I ask because when I integrate the two message-bases
> into one, the messages collected from Work will display a different
> 'received date' than the home collected messages. Will this matter?
Nope, just the message ID.
> I did look in the help file for all this but I'm not seeing anything
> returned for "Dupes", duplicates or similar...
It is a fairly recent addition, and the Help files have not been kept
up to date. Although I understand that the RIT guys are looking for a
professional tech writer to help them document everything.
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Thanks for writing,
Januk Aggarwal
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Using The Bat! 1.46c
under Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 A
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