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<p dir="auto">On 8 Feb 2017, at 15:21, Jasper Knockaert wrote:</p>
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<p dir="auto">On 11 Oct 2016, at 10:31, Benny wrote:</p>
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<p dir="auto">It is correct that MailMate fails to detect this type of corrupt database. If you don't backup <code style="background-color:#F7F7F7; border-radius:3px; margin:0; padding:0 0.4em" bgcolor="#F7F7F7">Database.noindex</code> (which I actually agree is a good idea) then you might also want to leave out <code style="background-color:#F7F7F7; border-radius:3px; margin:0; padding:0 0.4em" bgcolor="#F7F7F7">Messages(.noindex)</code> since that's the other part of the database. The IMAP server is kind of the backup, but I can see why you might want a local backup too.</p>
<p dir="auto">I guess MailMate should try to automatically detect this kind of state. I'll give that some thought since I would like to recommend leaving out <code style="background-color:#F7F7F7; border-radius:3px; margin:0; padding:0 0.4em" bgcolor="#F7F7F7">Database.noindex</code> from backups. Hmm, maybe even do that by default. A general problem is that Time Machine will some times back up files in an order which leaves the backed up database in a corrupted state.</p>
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<p dir="auto">What is the current state of this issue? Would it make a difference if I leave out only the <code style="background-color:#F7F7F7; border-radius:3px; margin:0; padding:0 0.4em" bgcolor="#F7F7F7">Headers</code> subfolder of <code style="background-color:#F7F7F7; border-radius:3px; margin:0; padding:0 0.4em" bgcolor="#F7F7F7">Database.noindex</code> when backing up?</p>
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<p dir="auto">No, that's almost everything the folder contains. I have not yet improved the behavior of MailMate, but my advise still stands: It's fine to not backup <code style="background-color:#F7F7F7; border-radius:3px; margin:0; padding:0 0.4em" bgcolor="#F7F7F7">Database.noindex</code> as long as you consider the IMAP server to be the main backup of your emails. You'll still have a local backup of your emails in <code style="background-color:#F7F7F7; border-radius:3px; margin:0; padding:0 0.4em" bgcolor="#F7F7F7">Messages(.noindex)</code> if something goes wrong with the server.</p>
<p dir="auto">-- <br>
Benny</p>
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