| When so many of us rely so much on our email | | | | to understand. A message moved to the Trash |
| to operate our | | | | Folder has not |
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| businesses or our personal lives, it is | | | | been deleted from the origination folder. In |
| important to take | | | | fact, the message |
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| preventative measures to avoid the ultimate | | | | is just where it originated until you do the |
| disaster of | | | | command Compress |
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| unrecoverable email.I come to this subject | | | | Folders or Empty Trash Folder.The Empty |
| as a matter of multiple events on my | | | | Trash Folder command will only compress the |
| | | | messages |
| machine where one day I would open my mail | | | | |
| to discover that | | | | for the item that is in the Trash Folder. In |
| | | | order to do the |
| all has been lost. The pit that wells in | | | | |
| your stomach upon | | | | same for your entire email system, you must |
| | | | use the command |
| realization of this occurrence can be | | | | |
| overwhelming. To recover | | | | Compress Folders.The simple action of |
| | | | sending email to the trash without |
| in the event of future losses, each of us | | | | |
| should learn the | | | | compressing the folders or simply emptying |
| | | | the trash can also |
| basics of maintaining and backing up our | | | | |
| email.One of the important things to do in | | | | lead to great destabilization of your email |
| preventative maintenance, | | | | client. So please |
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| is to clean your folders and to empty your | | | | take great care to maintain your email |
| trash. Most people | | | | client software as it |
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| do not realize that when the number of | | | | should be.If there is one thing that I have |
| messages in a specific | | | | learned with computers, one |
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| folder exceeds a certain threshold that they | | | | should always prepare for the worst case |
| begin running on | | | | scenario. Always! In |
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| borrowed time.Exactly where that threshold | | | | order to be fully prepared for the worst |
| is varies from email client to | | | | case scenario with |
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| email client, so what may be true for mine | | | | your email, you should do regular backups of |
| may be different | | | | your mail folders.Here I will explain how to |
| | | | do that outside of the email |
| for yours. When this article was originally | | | | |
| written, I was using | | | | client's process for this purpose. I am also |
| | | | explaining how |
| the Netscape 4.x Email Client for security | | | | |
| reasons more than | | | | to do so only for Outlook Express and |
| | | | Netscape Mail. I have |
| anything. The Netscape Email Client is less | | | | |
| susceptible to | | | | never ran an Eudora client at the times I |
| | | | was exploring this |
| JavaScript attacks than any other email | | | | |
| client I have used. | | | | scenario.FOR OUTLOOK EXPRESS USERS:In your |
| | | | windows Explorer, you will find a folder, |
| These days, I have grown with Netscape to | | | | most likely |
| the Netscape 7.x | | | | |
| | | | with this precise name. The only difference |
| platform. This is important to note as | | | | you might see is |
| Netscape 8.x does not | | | | |
| | | | in the Application Key as noted between the |
| offer email anymore.What I do know is that I | | | | {}.C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Identities\ |
| have repeatedly pushed my client to | | | | |
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| its limits to see where the threshold might | | | | {B074ABA0-9FFF-11D4-AE87-FE1E7BFD5248}\Micros |
| be. The Netscape | | | | oft\Outlook ExpressWhen you navigate to this |
| | | | folder, this is the default location |
| 4.x Email Client will generally break at | | | | |
| around 4,500 email | | | | where your Outlook Express Email is stored. |
| | | | Simply highlight |
| messages in one folder, though it will | | | | |
| become shaky at around | | | | the last folder, "Outlook Express" and copy |
| | | | it to another |
| 2,000 messages. I have yet to determine the | | | | |
| upper threshold | | | | location. In most cases, this folder will be |
| | | | way too large |
| on Netscape 7.x, and I have had folders with | | | | |
| more than 20,000 | | | | to copy to a Floppy Drive. Most likely, you |
| | | | will need to |
| messages in them.These upper ends will also | | | | |
| depend on your computer hardware. | | | | copy it to a Zip drive or another location |
| | | | on your hard drive.You can also save the |
| If you have a 200mhz machine with only 56kb | | | | individual *.dbx files, which outline |
| Ram memory, | | | | |
| | | | the contents of each of your mail boxes, the |
| you should expect a shake-out sooner than a | | | | Inbox, the |
| machine that has | | | | |
| | | | Outbox, etc.If you are really bored, you can |
| a bigger processor with more memory.For | | | | send the *.dbx file to Wordpad |
| users of other clients such as Outlook | | | | |
| Express, Eudora and | | | | to view the actual format of a mailbox from |
| | | | a text standpoint. |
| others, I cannot tell you the top end of how | | | | |
| well the software | | | | You can use this only in a worst case |
| | | | scenario to attempt to |
| will perform.If there are more than 2,000 | | | | |
| messages you wish to hang on to, | | | | rebuild a broken mail box. Always make |
| | | | backups of the file |
| you should begin filing your messages in | | | | |
| separate folders | | | | before trying to repair it by hand --- |
| | | | Always!!!FOR NETSCAPE MAIL USERS:The location |
| below the Inbox. This will help you to find | | | | of the mail storage is: C:\Program |
| your messages | | | | Files\Netscape\Users\username\MailOf course, |
| | | | replace "username" with your username.Within |
| quicker and it will provide more stability | | | | the Netscape Mail system, you will discover |
| to your email | | | | three file |
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| client.There are three folders that you must | | | | types: *.sbd, *.snm, and (blank).The *.sbd |
| pay regular attention | | | | is a folder that contains all of your |
| | | | sub-folders. |
| to. They are the Inbox, Sent Mail Folder and | | | | |
| Trash Folder.Most people fail to remember | | | | The *.snm is the indexing file of your |
| that their client is pre-configured | | | | email. The (blank), ie. |
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| to save a copy of all outgoing email. As a | | | | "Inbox" without an extension, is your actual |
| result, this folder | | | | mail messages |
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| can grow to unbelievable sizes before anyone | | | | recorded in plain text. You can also send |
| thinks to clean it | | | | these files to your |
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| out.It is important to mention the Trash | | | | Wordpad application to view the contents. Do |
| Folder in more detail | | | | not save this |
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| since most people do not realize how it | | | | file when you close it unless you are trying |
| works.Most email clients follow a general | | | | to rebuild your |
| principle in their | | | | |
| | | | box, and if so, always make sure you have a |
| operation. Each email box is generally | | | | backup before |
| represented by two | | | | |
| | | | doing so.If you delete the *.snm, the *.snm |
| files. The first is a text rendering of all | | | | file will rebuild itself |
| messages in the | | | | |
| | | | the next time you open your Netscape Mail |
| box. The second is an indexing file that | | | | application.Taking these precautions and |
| lists the title of | | | | knowing this information, you will |
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| the email and other identifying | | | | never have to chance losing all of your |
| characteristics relative to | | | | important emails again. |
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| each individual message.When you look at the | | | | The time you take today to backup your email |
| contents of your email box, you are | | | | box can save you |
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| actually seeing the contents of the indexing | | | | the worst nightmare ever. Trust me, I have |
| file. When you | | | | been there.Copyright Bill Platt - All Rights |
| | | | ReservedBill Platt is the owner of you are |
| pull up the text of an actual message, the | | | | tired of the struggle of the link building |
| software is finding | | | | process, |
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| the message in the message file according to | | | | it might be time to consider our "Links And |
| the software | | | | Traffic" services.When you are ready to |
| | | | employ more Natural Linking Strategies in |
| assigned Email ID as listed in the indexing | | | | |
| file.Now, when you move a message from one | | | | increasing your link popularity, "Links And |
| folder to another, | | | | Traffic" can help.When you are ready for your |
| | | | links to actually generate |
| including into the Trash Folder, the only | | | | |
| thing that actually | | | | click-through traffic, we are here. This is |
| | | | not a link rental |
| moves is the listing in the indexing file! | | | | |
| This is important | | | | system or a reciprocal linking scam. |
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