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Posted by VS
Dec 17, 2008 at 09:43 AM
Rob Fuscate wrote:
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>Now, an issue that I do have with the program is that, unless you also use ED as
>a File Manager, you have to set up Outlook to read the files when you access them through
>Explorer - but it’s no biggy - unless you wish to reply.
Yes, we are aware of this issue and it is in our plans to resolve it rather sooner than later.
Vladimir
Posted by VS
Dec 17, 2008 at 09:52 AM
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
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>Many thanks for the information. I will definitely try out the
>program; the message-to-file approach may solve an important issue—backup- which
>can take ages with large Outlook—or, in my case, The Bat!- mail databases.
You are absolutely right. Instead of backing up the whole email database file from Outlook or The bat! or other email clients, with EverDesk it is totally different - simple synchronization is all you need to keep the back up up to date, which means only updating several files instead of the whole database. Another thing is that you can access your mail and other documents on ANY computer, even if your mail program is not installed on it, since eml files can be opened on any Windows computer (which is not the case if you have The Bat! database file and want to access it on a machine which doesn’t have this application installed). It makes it possible to keep your backup copy on USB drive and have it with you all the time.
The only drawback we currently have is that EverDesk Address Book is located in a different folder and needs to be separately backed up. We will fix this in the future versions.
>By the
>way, ‘U.S. Patent Pending’ is mentioned at the bottom of your website.
Sorry, our fault. Corrected. Thank you for pointing this out.
Regards,
Vladimir
Posted by Pierre Paul Landry
Dec 17, 2008 at 02:01 PM
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>I would expect treating every mail message as a separate file to have certain
>limitations. For one, it would lead to much greater disk use and I would question its
>speed for large numbers of emails. My inbox has grown to almost 10,000 items in two
>years and I can’t fathom having them all in a directory.
Windows Live Mail (successor to Outlook Express) also uses this simple structure: 1 file per email. IMO, it has many advantages over a single repository. NTFS is a very efficient database, optimized for files and can handle this no problem. I’ve hear of numerous Outlook PST files going corrupt… NTFS? none
Other advantages: Can easily create a reference to an email (without using the outlook:ewojafoi… link format), in any other programs, fast and easy backups, in theory, you could put the folder under dropbox and have it sync across PCs, you can use 3rd party tools to remove attachments, portable, etc
Pierre
Posted by Graham Rhind
Dec 17, 2008 at 03:01 PM
Vladimir, could you provide a direct e-mail address so that I can send you the information you require, with screen dumps?
Thanks.
Graham
Posted by VS
Dec 17, 2008 at 03:56 PM
Hello Pierre,
>Windows Live Mail (successor to Outlook Express) also uses this simple
>structure: 1 file per email. IMO, it has many advantages over a single repository.
>NTFS is a very efficient database, optimized for files and can handle this no problem.
>I’ve hear of numerous Outlook PST files going corrupt… NTFS? none
Absolutely correct. It is obvious that storing emails as separate files has numerous advantages and finally MS comes to the same conclusion. The only problem is that the messages are still stored separately from other documents and files and no attachments are extracted to be handled in the same way as any other documents.
>Other
>advantages: Can easily create a reference to an email (without using the
>outlook:ewojafoi… link format), in any other programs, fast and easy backups, in
>theory, you could put the folder under dropbox and have it sync across PCs, you can use
>3rd party tools to remove attachments, portable, etc
Also true. All this is done in EverDesk. :)
Regards,
Vladimir