Thank you for the detailed answers Thomas, I have some follow-ups below....
-- Andrew mailto:aweb...@wwwebbers.com Sunday, August 2, 2009, 2:29:55 AM, you wrote: AW>> It may be that I never quite cleaned up the problem, I'm not sure. AW>> Typically when I ran the Maintenance Centre, it would find lots of AW>> errors in lots of folders, then I'd end up with empty folders. :( I AW>> guess I get part????.bin files, though I haven't done anything with AW>> them. > The problem with on-the-fly encryption (OTFE) is that you can't do > anything with them. I have not managed to import or access the mails > inside. So even if I'm running TB! with the same OTFE password, it won't let me import those renamed part????.bin files!? I had inferred from RITL's answer that I could import them using the password. :( I certainly can't do anything with them using TextPad, which seems to be how the Help screens recommend. AW>> I've got several .TBK backups available, and I have 32 part????.bin AW>> files in various folders. What's the best way to get the most files AW>> back? > Uninstall TheBat! and reinstall as "Plain". Do not use OTFE. If you > now restore from backup, your mails will be there. If the manitenance > center resilts in *.bin files, then you can rename these files to > .EBB and import into TB!. All the .TBK backups were created with OTFE turned on. If I reinstall without OTFE, will I be able to restore from those existing .TBKs? Or are you suggesting specifically to do a backup _today_ without OTFE (after reinstalling) and then do the Maintenance Centre? > Obviously, you would have to move them first, because the file names > already exist in that folder. However, in my experience it does not > work with OTFE, but they might have changed something in the meantime, > so I suggest to try this first before you uninstall and reinstall. I will try doing the import from a renamed part????.bin and see what happens. AW>> Does this seem reasonable? Will restoring from a backup overwrite AW>> what I already have > Yes. Just to be entirely clear, it overwrites the emails that match, or clears out the folder and replaces with the contents of the backup? AW>> (if so, what do I do?)? > I hope you leave messages on the server. I've started doing that but only recently. > In fact, it shouldn't be happpening. I suggest you check your harddisk > for mechanical failures, I think FDISK does the job but please wait > for experts here to contradict me. I suspect you're right, I need to verify the HD as a precaution. Thanks again! =aw ________________________________________________ Current version is 4.2.9.1 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
