After a bit of experimenting with including and excluding various files from the database backup set, I've got things working. I've left these files and folders out,
Address Database.old Custom Dictionary Custom Sounds IMAP Cache Message Database index.old Message Database Spotlight cache Message Database.old Old Format Database Server-side Database.old Setup Database.old and the Temp Incoming/Outgoing folders. Now it's backing up each hour as advertised, nice and fast. My message database is currently just under 490 MB. Which of these items was causing the issue, I have no idea, but the information might be of use if anyone else has similar problems. Paul On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:45:06 -0800 Bob Parks wrote: >On 11/11/07, PowerMail discussions wrote: > >>Less than a minute - nice! On my system, the backups complete with the >>Powermail folder include, but then in the System Preferences Time >>Machine pane it just sits on "preparing" for ever. > >One bit of information that nobody is mentioning.. how big is the >PowerMail message database? > >Mine is a bit over 300 mb. Thats a lot of stuff to back up every >hour! Additionally, what happens to TM if the database is modified >during the time its being copied? > >So, for now, I am sticking with a Retrospect backup every night, with PM >shut down. > >TM seems much better suited for use with email programs that maintain a >lot of separate files rather than one big database.
