Hello Mark, Thanks for the information about pointers to attachments. That makes sense to me. I'm going to try one account with attachments stored in the message base and another with the same attachments in a separate directory to see if there's a noticeable difference.
> If you store your attachments in a separate folder, as I do, then what > gets stored with the message is a pointer to the attachment in the > external folder. If you move the message to another account or folder > the pointer doesn't change, so there's no problem there. This did work for me. When I moved a message with an attachment to another account, I could open the attachment even though the file was still located in the original account's directory. However, when I then deleted the message that I had moved, and emptied the trash folder, the attachment did not get deleted from it's original location. And yes, both accounts were set up to remove attachments when the message was deleted. This isn't a big problem or anything, but it looks like I'd probably want to keep messages in their original accounts if I decide to store attachments in a separate directory. I guess I'm just too lazy to want to have to delete attachments manually. <grin> > I find that keeping my attachments separate does indeed make things > faster, maybe because I'm accessing my email storage over a network > rather than on my own machine. It's also better for my peace of mind - > I've had a couple of corrupted message databases that I can directly > link to embedded binary attachments. You make an interesting point about corrupted message bases. I wonder how often that happens and how often it can be repaired. I'll just have to try it both ways and see which one feels more comfortable for me. Thanks again for the comments. Doug [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
