Regarding disk and database problems, I just found an old message that further convinces me not to use Norton Utilities. Those issues may have been fixed since the days of NDD 2 & 3 if they were Norton's fault, but if they were on Emailer's side we can't be sure.
I would avoid Norton products anyway. The maintenance/recovery apps I trust are Data Rescue, Disk Warrior and Drive 10. I have no opinion on the last TechTool. The antivirus from TT 3 proved inefficient the only time I met a virus and I found the rest of TT too bloated to try more. -------------------- old message -------------------- >Re: Database fragmentation/missing messages >From: (Will Mayall) [EMAIL PROTECTED] �To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: 05/19/97 04:58:27 PM �ID: 62989462707 > >On 5/19/97 3:04 PM, Alan Klein wrote: > >>After deleting a large number of old messages from Emailer's database, I >>ran Norton's Disk Dr., which reported an unfixable problem. Norton >>advised trashing and replacing the file. I then ran the Dr. from my Zip >>startup disk; it then reported the problem fixed. >>So far so good. But I couldn't get Emailer to open _any_ messages in the >>DB! So I ran the regular rebuild option when starting up Emailer. I then >>noticed more than a month's worth of messages missing!! With some alarm I >>ran the advanced repair option, and much to my chagrin, it wiped out _my >>entire 50 meg database_!!! >>Can someone tell me what is going on here? > >You won't be happy... > >There is a problem between NDD and Emailer 2.0. It is not at all clear >where the fault lies, but it is pretty clear that NDD deals with the >problem in the worst possible way. > >NDD sometimes reports that the Emailer db files are damaged. If you let >NDD repair the files, they will almost certainly be truncated with a loss >of data. > >This is what you should do to prevent this: > >* Turn off the "Fix automatically" option in NDD. Fix any problem >manually. > >* Never fix the Emailer files. If either file is reported as damaged, >simply duplicate them in the Finder, backup the originals, and trash the >originals. > >This problem still exists in NDD 3.5. > >Will ------------------ end old message ------------------ ---- VRic ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
