Re: Losing more folders than wanted and how to restore them

[Andrey G. Sergeev (AKA Andris)]

Hello!


Monday, January 08, 2001, 3:12:23 AM, Douglas Hinds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

DH> Today I went over all my folders. I have 17 accounts and one account
DH> alone now has 101 folders (it had more but I deleted a few). Another
DH> has 45. The rest have less, some more than others. I did this to
DH> make sure the ticker was not set on each, as mentioned in a separate
DH> post.

DH> In one account I found an empty folder that was out of place and it
DH> wouldn't delete. No error message; but I went through the right
DH> click menu many times and used del (less effective, I've found), and
DH> it just kept staring back at me. Usually it takes a couple of tries
DH> but it finally deletes. Not this time. And as I said, it was empty.

The second vote for upgrading your TB! ASAP.

DH> So I figured I'd move it. It wasn't at the right level, anyway. That
DH> is, it should have been at a level higher. But the idea was to move
DH> it and THEN delete it.

DH> However: Another thing that I've found difficult about TB! sometimes
DH> is moving folders around. Right, you do it using alt while dragging.
DH> Fine. Except the folder doesn't always move. And sometimes the wrong
DH> folder moves, or things move where they shouldn't. It takes a lot of
DH> care,

Yes this is the truth. To avoid of moving the inappropriate folder just
click on it's name, press Alt, wait at least 0.5 sec and then move the
folder to the location desired.

AFAIR it's the very old problem...

DH> and it would be better if folders could be moved the way messages
DH> can (via a command which summons a TB! menu) or the way everyone
DH> else (every other application) does it: ctrl+x and paste with no
DH> menu. That's all right though, because a lot of what I LIKE about
DH> TB! (I'm not complaining, see; just looking for a fix) is precisely
DH> what is unique about it. There are exceptions however.

IMHO the most correct way is to tune up the timings TB! uses in folder
move code.

DH> At any rate, the folder wouldn't go where I wanted to put it. TB!
DH> came up w/ a reason (error message that made little sense),

What was the message text?

DH> so I put it higher up, up with the Inbox - it except it wound up
DH> above it. There I WAS able to delete it BUT I think it also delete
DH> some folders that had been below (NOT subordinate, just below) it. I
DH> repeat: When the thing finally deleted (and it had NO + to the left
DH> of it), it evidently took others that were below (but not
DH> subordinate to) it (it didn't want to go alone?).

What are the exact names for the folders TB! accidentally deleted?

DH> That's the motive for this recount: What's the remedy, if any?

Double check your Trash for the messages originated from the folders
accidentally deleted; the default TB! behaviour is to move them to
Trash.


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Yours sincerely,

Andrey G. Sergeev (AKA Andris)     http://www.andris.msk.ru/

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