Re: Sudden OE6 Compaction Problems

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Thanks for that. Noted!

(If I were more efficient in 'filing' the messages I should file, i.e. copy
as txt file and store any attachments in the right directories, then my
Inbox would be smaller...)

DAS

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"Ron Sommer" <rsommer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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When the file reaches 2 GB, OE will not be able to access it. You will
not be able to get any messages out of the file. Yes, your backup will
have most of your messages. You will not get the message that made the
size exceed 2 GB. The chances of a dbx file reaching the 2 GB limit are
almost nonexistent. The file will become corrupted long before it reaches
that size.
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Ron Sommer
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"Dori A Schmetterling" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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New Hope User

I am well aware of all the warnings here but my Inbox contains about 1.5
GB I like to have everything in one place. I don't worry about it very
much as I do backups at least once a day. (Plus many of the messages are
just reminders as the 'originals' have been saved as text files
elsewhere.)

To compact the Inbox I move most of the message into several temporary
folders, compact the rump Inbox and the temporary folders (though I am
not sure there is any point) and then move the messages back into the
Inbox. Might remove a worthwhile 200 MB or more... (A Compact All works.)

Because this takes a while I do it rarely, and manually compact the other
folders individually more frequently. They are much smaller. If I am not
mistaken only a full 'Compact All' process includes the Pop3uidl.dbx,
which should be compacted also.

The side problem that arises after compaction is that my backup software
sees the compacted folders as 'new' and so backs the whole folders up
instead of just doing incremental backups. So on those occasions I run
my backups at night, which is usually enough time. (My backup is online
over the internet to a remote server. I can continue working during
backup but some things may slow down.)

FWIW

DAS

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BTW: my Sent.dbx file is around 1GB (going back
to 2003) which I know is above the recommended level, but the size was
apparently not the issue or was it?

It most certainly was! See below...

General OE Caveats:

- Do NOT use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move the messages
to local folders you've created for this purpose.

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

- Frequently perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working
offline". More at http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm

- Do not cancel Automatic Compacting, should it occur, and do not
attempt to close OE via Task Manager or shutdown your machine if
Automatic Compacting is taking place.

- Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. It can cause
corruption (i.e., loss of messages) and provides no additional
protection:

Why you don't need your anti-virus to scan your email
http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tutorials/email-scanning/index.htm

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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
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New Hope User wrote:
I ran the compaction several more times while paying close attention to
what
file was being processed and found that the process would "hang" on my
Sent.dbx file.

In the process of substituting my *.dbx files from a full-system backup
I
had taken last week, I attempted copying my original (offending) *.dbx
files
over to another location in case I needed them and the copy failed
stating
that Sent.dbx had an I/O error and could not continue. I was able to
substitute my entire store folder from the backup I had taken. Upon
re-opening OE6, everything was back in place. I manually performed a
compaction, which ran to completion without the "folder busy" message
from
before.

I am assuming then that the I/O error on the original Sent.dbx file was
the
problem. I did run a CheckDisk to see if the I/O error related to my
C:
drive generally, but the results came back negative. So I am back in
business, somewhat learier than before.

Since I routinely do full-system backups, would this be considered
enough
prevention going forward? BTW: my Sent.dbx file is around 1GB (going
back
to 2003) which I know is above the recommended level, but the size was
apparently not the issue or was it?





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