powermail-discuss Digest #2829 - Thursday, May 15, 2008
Database issues
by Derry Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Database issues
by Matthias Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Database issues
by CTM info [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Database issues
by MB [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Database issues
by Derry Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Database issues
From: Derry Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 15:59:43 +0100
Hi,
My MacBook locked up ealier today and had to force a restart.
PowerMail said it needed to reindex the mail. It got nearly to the end
then froze up.
I've tried a low-level rebuild, a database compact both of which failed.
I can't copy the mail database, it gets to 1.04 GB of 1.64GB and fails.
I'll try an export of the entire database later (I'll run it overnight)
and see if that works.
Powermail seems to be working ok on the damaged database, albeit without
any search capability.
Any other ideas?
Cheers
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Derry
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Subject: Re: Database issues
From: Matthias Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 08:55:44 +0900
Hello,
Am/On Wed, 14 May 2008 15:59:43 +0100 schrieb/wrote Derry Thompson:
I've tried a low-level rebuild, a database compact both of which failed.
this has always worked for me in the worst case.
I can't copy the mail database, it gets to 1.04 GB of 1.64GB and fails.
this sounds like a disk issue.
Did you check your disk with disk utilities?
Can you copy it on the terminal level - probably not, if the Finder won't do.
I'll try an export of the entire database later (I'll run it overnight)
and see if that works.
this will probably also fail.
For the worst case there is a special recovery utility for the PowerMail
database:
http://www.zygoat.ca/products/pmsalvage/
Powermail seems to be working ok on the damaged database, albeit without
any search capability.
Any other ideas?
got a backup?
cheers,
Matthias
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Subject: Re: Database issues
From: CTM info [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 07:26:24 +0200
Derry,
Doesn't sound too good. Inability to copy the mail database indicates a
file-system level problem, first make a backup and then try Disk Utility !
Afterwards, the one file that you can safely delete is Message Database
index and then try rebuilding this.
jean michel/ctm qa
On Wed, 14 May 2008 15:59:43 +0100, Derry Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
My MacBook locked up ealier today and had to force a restart.
PowerMail said it needed to reindex the mail. It got nearly to the end
then froze up.
I've tried a low-level rebuild, a database compact both of which failed.
I can't copy the mail database, it gets to 1.04 GB of 1.64GB and fails.
I'll try an export of the entire database later (I'll run it overnight)
and see if that works.
Powermail seems to be working ok on the damaged database, albeit without
any search capability.
Any other ideas?
Cheers
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Derry
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Subject: Re: Database issues
From: MB [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 11:15:28 +0200
CTM info sa såhär:
Afterwards, the one file that you can safely delete is Message Database
index and then try rebuilding this.
Wait a minute. Didn't you say earlier in another conversation that
deleting the Message Database index file and rebuilding a new one from
scratch will not result in a complete search index? Please clarify, as I
have had tremendous problems with my indexes for years after deleteing
that file a couple of times.
Lately, though rebuilding seems to have finally resulted in a usable
index, but I'm not sure what I did and would like to know. As most
likely many others would as well.
Mikael
Technoids:
PM 5.6.3 build 4504 sv / SpamSieve 2.6.6 sv | OS X 10.4.8 | Powerbook
G4/400 | 1GB / 80GB
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Subject: Re: Database issues
From: Derry Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 08:56:10 +0100
Hi,
Am/On Wed, 14 May 2008 15:59:43 +0100 schrieb/wrote Derry Thompson:
I've tried a low-level rebuild, a database compact both of which failed.
this has always worked for me in the worst case.
I can't copy the mail database, it gets to 1.04 GB of 1.64GB and fails.
this sounds like a disk issue.
This hard drives was brand new in Jan 2008. No issues with the drive
that I can see.
Did you check your disk with disk utilities?
Mayne :)
Can you copy it on the terminal level - probably not, if the Finder won't do.
No, doesn't copy any which way.
I'll try an export of the entire database later (I'll run it overnight)
and see if that works.
this will probably also fail.
For the worst case there is a special recovery utility for the
