Hello, fellow Bat-lovers.
On Friday, February 23, 2001, 10:48:24 AM, Marck wrote:
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> Hi Keith,
> On 23 February 2001 at 10:20:32 -0700 (which was 17:20 where I live)
> Keith Russell wrote and made these points:
KR>> I logged into TB this morning and my Inbox was empty. Of course,
KR>> I've been busy and had not gotten around to cleaning up the
KR>> folder, nor had I backed up recently. As a result, I've lost
KR>> several hundred messages, including many of my most important
KR>> ones.
KR>> Can someone please remind me of what I need to do to get them
KR>> back?
> One way - provided that you haven't purged / compressed the folder, is
> to delete the .TBI file and start up TB letting it rebuild the index.
> Another is to "browse deleted messages".
Unfortunately, I had exited TB, and it's set to compress on exit. I
may rethink having that set....
> If neither of these methods reveals your missing mail, then sadly they
> have been vaporised.
That's what I didn't want to hear 8-(.
> I must take this opportunity to recommend a good folder structure and
> filtering system. "Important" message should certainly be filtered to
> a safe place the moment they arrive.
My system is the same as Thomas's. He said:
> It's for those
> senders that do not warrant their own folder.
>
> When the traffic with these senders increases, I will create a folder,
All my mailing list messages go into their own folders. Most personal
mail does not. The reason is that I don't want to miss it. I don't
want to have to check dozen of folders every time I read my mail, just
to make sure I don't miss something important.
What I do need to do is set up more rules to filter mail when it is
read (I have a few). Even then, I prefer to filter some types of mail
manually; that way, I can put it in an "Action", "Pending",
"Important", or similar folder, if necessary.
On the other hand, I'm considering moving all otherwise unfiltered
mail until a "To Read" folder. I think your reference to the Inbox as
"middle of the main thoroughfare" was interesting. The fact that all
mail goes through there to be filtered probably makes it a dangerous
place.
> Of my 92000+ messages on file
> here, *zero* reside in the inbox. Then again, I'm a level 4.5em so no
> wonders there ;-).
You're a what?
Thanks for the input, even though I didn't get my messages back....
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Keith Russell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Using The Bat! 1.49 under Windows 98 4.90 Build 3000 on a Pentium II 233 with 64 MB.
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