Hello Thomas, On Tuesday, November 02, 2004 at 20:41:27 GMT +0700 (which was 14:41:27 where I live), Thomas Fernandez wrote and made these valuable points on the subject of "Temporary Excess?":
> Hello Tony, > On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 19:24:31 +0000 GMT (02/11/2004, 02:24 +0700 GMT), > Tony Boom wrote: TB>> I've just found over 140 bat.tmp files in my temp folder, is this normal TB>> or excessive? > No, this is not normal. Each time I check my Windows/Temp directory, I > have several hundreds or even thousands of those 0-bite files, and > *that's* normal. <eg> > I have no automatic AV monitoring, I check for viruses only manually. > However, when I look at the time stamp of these files, they seem to be > created at times when my dial-up connection fails. I have no such > bat*.tmp files at all in the office, where I am permanently connected > to the internet. I have an ADSL connection at home and a LAN connection in the office and in both places TB is generating .tmp file in my TEMP directory. Those files are also generated upon successful receipt of e-mails. As this seems to be a long outstanding problem, every now and then I simply delete those files. -- Best regards, Dick ___________________________________________________________ Reality is a crutch for people who can't face drugs. Using The Bat! v3.0.2.4 Rush + BayesIt! 0.7.4 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.0.2.4 Rush | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/