[pchelpers] Re: Problem Getting Thunderbird To Open Next Mail In List/ And Open To Inbox

Hi Ekhart,

Sunday, May 27, 2007, 11:12:36 AM, you wrote:

EGlnl> In other words, the actual email file is usually intact; it's
EGlnl> just the index file that tries to keep track of what parts to
EGlnl> show and what parts not that gets huge or corrupted.

In that case, I'd say that there's a problem with the index handling.

If it were a database application that I were working on, I'd have it
automatically reindex when the program is terminated abnormally and
the database is not in a stable state, and/or have it reindex
automatically when a problem (inconsistency) is found.

Transactional systems use a structure which allows an update to stop
at any point without corrupting the database; the database is always
stable, unless the hard drive fails partway through writing a sector.
Thus, corruption can still occur, but with difficulty.


EGlnl> What happens in The Bat when someone deletes a large part of
EGlnl> their daily mail? Does the program compact automatically or do
EGlnl> users have to do it manually? Does the program choke if a large
EGlnl> part of the inbox is deleted and compaction doesn't take place
EGlnl> either manually or automatically?

It has an option to compact automatically when exiting, but I have
that turned off, since it takes a while on my system.

I used to see corruption every month or so, but in the more recent
versions (approximately the last year), I haven't seen any corruption
issues.

-- 
Scott.



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