Hello Avram, Friday, March 28, 2008, 8:06:48 PM, among other things, you wrote:
SA> As a long time user of The Bat, I have never found it necessary to SA> upgrade. However, I no longer have tolerance for ver. 1.62r's lack of SA> formatting functionality, and would also like to have more tagging SA> options, so, its time to upgrade. I'm not sure what you will gain in terms of formatting, but there have been many other changes which most of us think are improvements! SA> What should I do to insure as smooth a transition to the current SA> version? First back up what you have. SA> When I upgrade, will I have to recreate all folders and filters? Normally, no. SA> Will e-mail groups set up in my address book be lost upon upgrade? Normally, no. SA> Will existing flags be lost with the upgrade? Normally, no. SA> Will distinctions between read and unread messages be lost? No. SA> What should I do to minimize the risk of loss of messages? Make the back up. SA> Do I need to disable my firewall and anti-virus when installing the SA> upgrade? Not usually. SA> Finally, one of the great assets of The Bat is that it has a small SA> footprint and works very fast, much faster than the bloated program with SA> which I am stuck using at the office. Will I experience a drastic SA> reduction in speed, particularly with respect to message downloading, if SA> I upgrade to the current version, given the greater functionality of the SA> current version? It is a long time since I used version 1.62. The current versions are bigger and might therefore take longer to load but generally work quite fast. -- Best regards, Roger :flag-southafrica: The Bat! v4.0.18.7 POP3 with AntiSpamSniper 2.7.1.7, on Windows XP, version 5 1, build 2600 and Service Pack 2 ________________________________________________ Current version is 4.0.18 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
