On Tue, 2022-08-30 at 12:03 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Tue, 2022-08-30 at 11:49 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > > > > > > I've suggested in the past that we should change the terminology > > > and > > > call it something else, but so far no-one has come up with a good > > > alternative name. Any suggestions would be welcome. > > > > > I agree entirely with you. I think the "backup/restore" is > > generally > > abused rather than used - in that it used for things it was never > > meant > > to be used for. > > > > Even the real use for it (i.e. transferring settings to another > > machine) is mis-used for syncing things between multiple machines > > by > > some people. Yes, the argument of "it works so why not" is OK, > > except > > when it no longer works when doing that and people grouch that > > something broke. > > > > I would possibly go as far as to say that that particular > > functionality > > has run its course and could be consigned to the big bit-bucket in > > the > > sky. Perhaps take it off the main 'File' menu and change it to > > something like "Save account settings" in the preferences and not > > backup the actual stored messages. > > I would support this, though I'm sure some people might be upset > about > it. No-one expects their browser to have a built-in backup method, so > why should their email system? I don't think other MUAs do this. > > poc > ___ You right some of us maybe a bit put-off if this function was to be removed. I use it sparingly (2 or 3 times a year) as a backup of emails and contacts. I also regularly trim my emails to keep the file size small and when I do a backup, I delete the oldest one so I only ever have 2 backup files. I have also used backup/restore to transfer from one computer to another usually without any issues. I once got into trouble but it was my one fault, because I stupidly backed-up from a newer version and tried restored to an older version! (different distros have different versions in their repos!?). I got out of that one because I also regularly 'image' my drive (using Rescuezilla). I don't use a backup utility as my data is mostly not critical and does not change that much (I'm retired) As for other MUAs I don't know about Linux once, but, coming from Windows, MS Oultlook keeps everything in one file (.pst) so it's easy to just copy this file to a backup drive, no need for a backup/restore function. Unfortunately none of that helps the OP with his corrupted backup - I have not enough knowledge to offer any advice - sorry.
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