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**Jeff**

So, if you use OEQB is it not redundent to back it up again while
compacting? Double the time?

Jeff?

Steve Cochran wrote:
OEQB is a better method to backup as it does all the registry keys,
all the identities and they aren't stuck in the recycle bin as bak
files. So I hit the B button in OETool prior to compacting. (I'm on
my Vista machine posting this).

steve

"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
I compact all OE folders at the end of every day myself. Immediately
prior to compacting, I empty the Recycle Bin. Personally, I'd want at
least one backup set in Recycle Bin at all
times. --
~PA Bear

Jeff wrote:
But here is the problem: on my system at least, the backup copies
the files to my recycle bin during the compacting phase. So "when"
is it safe to empty the Recycle bin? As soon as the compacting is
finished or will problems surface later? And if later, how much
later? I tend to empty by recycle bin frequently. I just do not
like that
full appearance. It must be a compulsion.

So when is it safe to get rid of these backup files?

Jeff

"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
Believe us: You /want/ the automatic backup, even if you've done a
manual backup! We fought for it for nearly a decade. Why? See
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org

Lindsay Graham wrote:
Thanks, Bruce. But is there any way off turning off the
'mandatory backup'?
I ask because my OE message store is generally bigger than the
free space on
that drive partition, so that I have to do a temporary transfer
before I can
compact. When I backup OE before compacting, I backup to a
different drive
(an external hard drive), so this problem does not arise.