On 17/10/07 (23:00) Mikael said: >That's a known bug, but I don't remember which app is responsible for >not playing nice with the other. One clue is that I don't have this >problem with another backup application. So I wouldn't blame Powermail >for this particular bug necessarily, at least not outside of use with >Retrospect. > >Mikael
IIRC, the standard best-practice advice is to quit PM before doing a backup; not because of any particular bugs in any particular software, but because it is deemed 'best' to close down a database of any sort before backing up or copying it. I find this to be something of a problem, because I want to do regular backups, but I *don't* want to regularly shut down PM -- due to the clearing of the Recent Mail Window. (My person soapbox that one, I know, but it's a substantial problem for me). I have considered simply preventing any receive or send operations (and not performing any other actions in PM) for the duration of a backup, but leaving PM running... but I'm nervous about doing so on account of the best-practice advice noted above. What do other list members think about this? Would I be likely to f**k up my database doing backups this way? (Backups are made to external drive using SuperDuper, btw). Thanks in advance; -- G5 2GHz x2 :: 2GB RAM :: 10.4.9 :: PM 5.5.2 :: 3 pane mode
