On 27-11-2000 at 23:09, Doug Weller kindly wrote:
> Hi Jamie,
JD>> Although copying files to a different dir will
JD>> prevent against small amounts of corruption it is not a worthwhile
JD>> thing.
> Yes. But might itt be useful in preventing corruption from a computer
> crash while you're using the program?
`*While* you're using it? No, never, because there will
always be a discrepancy between your last backup and the
current contents of youyr folders, unless you backup every
time that you have received or sent mail.
(I have written a small batch file that backs up my daily
changes, encrypts them, and stores them on a different
partition. You can't expect more from a backup. Yet, one
needs to make regular backups on a different medium too - a
tape, a cd, a removable hard disk.)
- K -
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It's not easy, but the easy things I have done already.
- Tom Robbins: Skinny Legs and All
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