Re: Slimming Down the database / Archiving

Thursday, October 6, 2022, 2:30:19 PM, you wrote:


Sunday, July 3, 2022, 3:32:45 PM, you wrote:





Hi Chris,

I finally got around to doing this and I am happy to report a successful outcome.
All these older messages are now combined in subfolders under Archive XXX and
having this Account stored on a separate drive, does indeed reduce the size used for
my main OS and any twice-weekly backups.  The size for the TBK complete backup file has reduced from 16.2 gb to 5.8 gb.
The benefit of the password protection of the account compared to my original idea of just
moving the actual folders somewhere else is that I can now still open the archive easily and
check on something if necessary.   Based on my experience that the minute you clear out something, you will need it,
this is quite a nice benefit. The only drawback I found was that moving messages was a bit more involved than
using cut/paste of some folders.

Thanks Chris and Thomas for the suggestion.

Cheers
Tom-
Tom
using TheBat! 8.8.9 on XP


just an update - since I archived my emails I had to check on something archived and it worked fine. However today I am unable to find the "account" that his now holding
these emails?  The database is still in its location on my external drive but the easy way to check an email is not possible if I cannot find the account.
Any idea why this is now hidden and how to look for it - any trick to "unhide this" without having to create a new account and then link the storage to the archive I previously created?


and one more update - not sure why but after restarting TB the Account Archive is shown again and I am able to open my emails with password again. I would normally assume it was there all the time and I was not looking properly but I did check several times very slowly and in particular at the bottom of my Accounts tree. That's where I "parked" this account and it was not showing earlier today.


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Tom
using TheBat! 8.8.9 on Win 10  64 bit

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