Hello Handsome Jack Morrison & everyone else, on 07-Aug-2005 at 18:07 you (Handsome Jack Morrison) wrote:
>>3. Re-create your accounts as they were before (same names, same pathes >>for mail directories) - one by one. > I think I've done that now. I always use the default path for mail > directories, so I should be good there, too. Good! >>For each account you created, copy the files you backed up before back, >>then check to see if the program is still running. That way, you can >>identify the account thats giving you the headache. > I have some more questions about the above. What files do I copy over, > and to where do I copy them? > For example, there's a folder in the "old" file (in the MAIL directory) > that is named "John Doe." Do I copy that file *over* the "John Doe" > folder in my "new" Bat files? I.e., do I select the old "John Doe" > folder, type Ctrl-C, move to the new "John Doe" folder, select it, and > then type Ctrl-V? And when you say "check to see if the program is > running" do you mean that I should then try to open TB? Exactly. You copy the contents of the old account folder (your old "John Doe" directory) over the contents of the new account directory. But wait! Before you copy the old files over the new files, *please* back up the *new* files to a different location, so that - once you have found the problematic account - you can go back to the set of new files by copying them over again. And btw. - when you copy the old account folders and their subfolders back into place, you'll also restore your old messages (and eventually will find your original TB registration message). >>4.When you found the problematic account, try to remove/rename the >>account configuration files (account.xxx) one by one. You will >>eventually find the configuration file that is causing the problems. > Okay. I find 6 "account configuration files (account.xxx) in the "old" > Bat file. > Account.~FLB > Account.CFG > Account.CFN > Account.FLB > Account.FLX > Account.SRB > I assume those are the "account configuration files" that you're referring > too? Correct, those are the files. If there are more in one or the other directory (for example, a file "account.qtn" contains the Quick Templates, if you have any), copy all of them. > What if I end up with the same problem that brought me here in the > first place? Of course the old & corrupted file we're trying to find will not work again all of a sudden. :-) At one point when you copied over another set of configuration files, your TB *will* hang again for sure. At this point, you know now which account contains the faulty configuration file. If that happens, you go back to the new set of configuration files you backed up before. Then move the old files back again, but this time, not all at once, but one after the other. Copy one configuration file, restart TB, still works? Quit TB, copy the next configuration file, restart TB, still works? And so on... until you've found the faulty file. There still one more thing you may be missing when you're thru all this: your address book, and your common filters. Those are not in any of the account directories, but in the root "Mail" directory. Be sure to copy these old files back, too. > I need a beer... I don't have any beer at home right now, a glass of red wine maybe? -- Best regards, Alexander (http://www.neurowerx.de - ICQ 238153981) The effort to reconcile science and religion is almost always made, not by theologians, but by scientists unable to shake off altogether the piety absorbed with their mother's milk. -- H. L. Mencken ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.51.10 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
