powermail-discuss Digest #2657 - Monday, July 9, 2007
"Your database file has not the expected format"
by "Brian Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: "Your database file has not the expected format"
by "Marlyse Comte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: Sharing Same Email in Multiple Contacts
by "Giovanni Andreani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: "Your database file has not the expected format"
From: "Brian Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 18:56:13 -0500
I got this lovely message when starting PowerMail 5.5.3 this
afternoon. After clicking "OK", PowerMail starts up and the database
opens, seemingly without problems.
I've been using 5.5.3 since it came out; no recent disk errors or crashes.
I can't compact the database; PowerMail gives the same error and
wants to convert the database to PowerMail 5 format, but can't, of
course, since it's already in PowerMail 5 format. It gets an "unknown
error"; Class = Conv, what = 1, when = 0.
I can rebuild, since the "Your database file has not the expected
format" error comes up.
Has anybody seen and fixed this error before?
Brian
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Subject: Re: "Your database file has not the expected format"
From: "Marlyse Comte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 19:05:56 -0500
I had the exact same error today after a computer crash. After the
message it stated also that my Index file was corrupt and if I wanted to
re-index, which I did. The crash cost me todays email but else all seems
now fine, I did not come across any further errors as you describe.
Did you try launching PM in maintenance mode?
Anyways, before fiddling any further with the database, I'd make a
backup copy of what you have currently... just in case.
---marlyse
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> I got this lovely message when starting PowerMail 5.5.3 this
>afternoon. After clicking "OK", PowerMail starts up and the database
>opens, seemingly without problems.
>
> I've been using 5.5.3 since it came out; no recent disk errors or crashes.
>
> I can't compact the database; PowerMail gives the same error and
>wants to convert the database to PowerMail 5 format, but can't, of
>course, since it's already in PowerMail 5 format. It gets an "unknown
>error"; Class = Conv, what = 1, when = 0.
>
> I can rebuild, since the "Your database file has not the expected
>format" error comes up.
>
> Has anybody seen and fixed this error before?
>
>
>
>Brian
>
>
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Subject: Re: Sharing Same Email in Multiple Contacts
From: "Giovanni Andreani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 06:57:39 +0200
>Put a space in front of the e-mail address.
>--
>Barbara Needham
>
>
Sorry, I badly clicked the send button and had to urgently quit. I wanted
to thank you Barbara and also Marlyse for the suggestion: it works fine!
It would, in any case, be a task PM could handle, in a future version.
Thanks again
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Giovanni Andreani
PM 5.2.2 | OS X 10.3.9 | Power Mac G5/1.8GHz BiPro | 1GB RAM | 150GB HD
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