On Saturday, December 21, 2002, 6:52:09 AM, Michael S. Greenbaum wrote: > My main computer is a laptop and my backup computer is a desktop. > Currently, I use the TB Backup function to create a backup file from > my laptop which I then move, using PC Anywhere, to my desktop that I > use strictly for backup. After I move the file over to the desktop, I > do a Restore in TB.
I had a laptop/desktop installation, but my situation is slightly more complex, as I send and receive email from both computers (although not at the same time) with different account settings and I have problems keeping the two in synch. In your situation, however, I would suggest that using the TB! backup or synchronize functions is not the best way to achieve what you want - I would use an independent backup program for this, and copy the whole of your TB folder to the desktop. > The backup/restore process works fine. It brings over all the new > messages; however, it also keeps all previous messages, many of which > have been deleted from my laptop--or moved from one mailbox to another. Yes, this is a problem. Synchronize does not appear to copy filters, so I find that unless I manually copy across all my filters and folder structure, I end up with messages in different folders on different machines, and lots of dups. I also use different account settings on both machines, so I cannot simply copy across the complete laptop installation. > Before writing this, I went to the list archive and found Allie > Martin's great explanation from January 2002 which seems to deal with > the same problem I'm having. Her instructions were much clearer than > the instructions in the Help Menu for the Maintenance center. Allie is a "he", as you will see from the Rogues Gallery on the FAQ pages. :-) Julian -- Using The Bat! v1.62 Christmas Edition on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
