> Hello Everyone, > I have been running backups for several years twice weekly saving to > two different drives. Fortunately I never really needed them but I > sure would like to have a backup ready if disaster strikes.
> Looking at the backup folders, I am confused as to the output files: > Backup 1 shows two files with different file names and extensions: > a) TBBackup.TBK Ext. tbk Modified 21/1/15 Created 23/10/13 > Size: 7.685,533 KB > b) TBBackup.$1 Ext. $1 Modified 14/1/15 Created 14/1/15 > Size: 5,832,518 kb > Backup 2 shows > Weekly.TBK Ext tbk Modified 11/1/15 Created 27/10/13 > Size: 7,624,364 > It seems that I set up one backup via system/preferences and the > second one via the scheduler, though both appear in the scheduler. I > assume that the backups only override the previous one, so only the > latest will be kept. Is that right or are there any settings as to how > many versions are to be kept? The backup system is not smart although you can set it up any way you want. A wise person would consider copying the entire mail database to somewhere else. A winrar backup would do the trick. COpy the reg key to the mail folder and it is doing everything the BAT backup is doing I have had too many of them go corrupt and when that happens you are SOL as it seems it is a proprietary format -- Rick Mankind has created a God in their own idealized image and then treated their own creation as their Lord and Master. They, the creators, have bowed down before their creation. --K Marx Version 6.7.9.1 (64-bit) on Windows 6.2 Build 9200 ________________________________________________ Current version is 6.6 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
