With all this talk of backing up that has been going on I thought that
I would write this, some of you may not be interested, but some I'm
sure, will be.
Some of you may remember a while ago in a previous version of TB!
there was a bug which caused TB! to crash during a backup operation if
"User Preferences" were selected. Well during that time I sorted out a
neat backup method that I still use in favor of the TB! Backup
Function, here's what I do:
For starters I am using a program called Wincommander, it's a
file-management application, it has two panes, a left and a right, and
in each pane I can have different directories open, with me so far?
One thing about Wincommander is that it treats ZIPfiles as folders
(directories).
OK, so what I do is have the Left-Pane displaying the directory where
all my TB! mail is stored, also in that same directory is one I call
"PGP", this is where (obviously) all the PGP keys are stored.
In the Right-Pane I have a blank ZIP file, it's empty, nothing in it
and it weighs in at a hefty 22-bytes. When I highlight it and press
<ENTER> it shows as a directory and I just copy the entire
TB!-database directory into the ZIPfile, everything goes, mail, keys,
attachments, 30Mb becomes 6Mb and I can open it anytime and inspect,
delete, add, whatever, anything that can be done in a directory.
When I am done I rename the ZIP as the today's date and store it.
The REALLY big plus to this method is that when restoring or even just
wanting to know what's in there, it's just a snap, no need to start
TB! and fool around with restore-functions or similar, just "get right
to it".
It works for me, I like it.
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