Dear Allister, @13-May-2005, 22:21 +1200 (13-May 11:21 UK time) Allister Jenks [AJ] in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said to Marck:
... <snip> MDP>> ... It's not wise to use the inbox as a main storage folder - it MDP>> is high traffic. ... <snip> AJ> I've heard this advice before and I am a little confused. Surely, AJ> unless one has a large number of folders to filter out to, then AJ> any of those target folders is also going to be relatively high AJ> traffic? No folder is as "high traffic" as the inbox. None. every incoming message pauses in the Inbox before moving to a filtered destination. The only messages not placed there are spam processed by bayes filters. AJ> Further, the avoidance of a "high traffic" folder is predicated on AJ> what? Is TB! not to be trusted with high volumes in one place? If AJ> so, why not? Keeping important messages in the Inbox is suicide. That's a substantiated fact. Messages are being added to and deleted from the folder continually. You think NT or 9x are stable enough to guarantee no glitches when data is being moved that frequently? I don't! AJ> And while we're here - define "high traffic". Adding and deleting every time messages are received, wherever they end up. That do for you? ... <snip> AJ> Perhaps I am missing something, but I don't see this as valid AJ> *generic* advice unless the inbox is to be treated as a deadly AJ> scourge. AJ> Anyone care to enlighten me? I think I have. This is fundamental advice. I've seen too many "Waaah!! TB ate my inbox and all my data is gone!" type posts to make this advice anything other than firm and serious. And it's not because TB is bad or wrong here. It's that the OS is still not stable enough to guarantee no faults. It's that new AV solutions become ever more Draconian in their treatment of files they deem "infected". It's that lightening strikes can still cause a power fluctuation just as a write operation is going on. Let's not invite catastrophe. -- Cheers -- //.arck D Pearlstone -- List moderator and fellow end user TB! v3.5 Return RC8 on Windows XP 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 '
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