Hello Stefan, Could you please give me a simple explanation as to how the mail databases are 'compressed?' It's my guess that the TBI file is read, and the TBB file is copied (less the deleted messages in the file) and copied to a new file, which is finally renamed to MESSAGES.TBB. What I'd like to know is;
1. Where is the temporary file written during compression? 2. What is the order in which the process runs? As an aside, I'd like to help test the message base repair utility, as I presently have 2 message bases that are 'broken' due to exceeding maximum FAT32 file size. I CAN read the files (if converted to messages.UUE) in WinZip, but cannot get the file reduced to where TB! can handle it again. A possible remedy would be to be able to 'split' the file into two equal smaller parts, then delete some messages and compress the files before merging them back together. The trick would be to be sure the proper messages & attachments are included together in each file! -- Warmest tropical regards, Spike "A bad day with Reagan or Bush was better than any day with Clinton!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Using TheBat! v1.61 hamstrung by Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 1.63b6 | "Using TBBETA" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
