Re: I want to archive oe mail

"Mike Easter" <[email protected]> wrote in message 
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> anon wrote:
>> "Mike Easter"
>
>>> Do you mean to read it with something other than OE?
>
>> Not necessarily - oe is fine.
>
>>> If it were me doing it, I would keep things as .dbx files and
>>> develop an backup scheme for backing up the folder of all of the
>>> .dbx files, including folders.dbx  -- whether your backup program
>>> chooses to compress the folder of .dbx files is an option.  You will
>>> keep things 'tighter' if you compact all of your .dbx folders before
>>> you back them up.
>
>> That sound like the best/easiest method.
>>
>> Do you mean that I would just make a copy of the dbx files and store
>> them in some folder?
>
> You would configure your backup proggie to grab the OE .dbx
> folder/files.  Many backup programs do their own compression 'in the
> background' and don't actually decompress unless you are restoring the
> backup.  If you are planning on automating some non-backup compressing
> archiving script so that you can do your messing with the .dbx/es
> without performing any kind of backup restore, that would depend on the
> 'backbone' of whatever compression or backup program you chose.
>
> In some ways, it isn't really an issue of the .dbx files, the way I'm
> understanding you, but rather an issue of how you choose to do the
> archiving - as fundamentally a backup orchestration - or as
> fundamentally a synchronization operation, not really for backup, more
> for alternative access.
>
>> How would I 'read' the files (in oe or something else.)
>
> If you like the OE interface I would use that.  Some of the other apps I
> gave links to also have OE like interface.
>
>> If when I read the files, they look like they did in the original oe
>> display, that is the best of all worlds.
>
> I don't know how often you plan to create this archive or if it is a
> backup or synchronization of some other 'clone' store folder.  Common
> advice prior to any backup process is to disengage from the server so
> nothing is coming in and compact all folders.
>
> It might be useful for you to read Tom Koch's comparison of his clone ba
> ckup strategy vs the OE BackUp program's strategy -- plus other simpler
> or more comprehensive backup plans at Koch's site
> http://www.insideoe.com/backup/clone.htm  Clone Your Identity (for
> Advanced Users)
>

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The suggestion of copying into another folder sounds like the best way yet.

When I copy the files from oe into a folder - how do I 'read, search, etc. 
those files? What is the procedure that I go through to 'do' anything with 
those files?

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