Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Richmond Newsgroups: alt.comp.software.thunderbird Subject: Re: Centralised database Date: Tue, 05 May 2026 09:37:08 +0100 Organization: Frantic Message-ID: <827bpi8d6z.fsf@example.com> References: <10t2ejp$191nj$1@solani.org> <10t2hu2$1h56n$1@dont-email.me> <10t2k7i$1hut5$1@dont-email.me> <10t2uo0$1lacq$1@dont-email.me> <10t3a7r$1omfc$1@dont-email.me> <10t5kje$1onrp$3@dont-email.me> <1fmcquyc7a24b$.dlg@v.nguard.lh> <10taud2$3udkb$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="179895"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cancel-Lock: sha1:GLQOmnYkFhSobo1GvLPuihlO+oA= sha1:SOQNo2xIAgNDlTsx9Xw6ZVK+6t4= X-User-ID: eJwFwYEBgDAIA7CXmAWK58Ck/59gEsiTl56RHgqNZhi6gQPfEUnY21Wfey2eNmgbA7Alyx8obhFi Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.software.thunderbird:20360 Lynn McGuire writes: >> "J. P. Gilliver" wrote: >> >>> (from eternal-september.support) >>> Lynn McGuire wrote: >>> >>>> No, no, no, on the centralized database which I assume will contain >>>> al email and usenet postings. The centralized database in Outlook >>>> would get corrupted all the time which is why we moved from Outlook >>>> to Thunderbird. >>> >>> I see no reason for such a CD to include emails. >> Outlook doesn't do NNTP (Usenet/newsgroups). > > Nope, the problem that we had was with Outlook itself just running > email. No usenet, I am the only person using usenet at my business. > > We had problems with Outlook crashing and corrupting its email > database when we were having internet connection problems. The > problem was even worse with one user who was using IMAP instead of > POP. His Outlook email database was constantly getting corrupted and > he refused to move to POP at my insistence. I was using Thunderbird > and never had a corruption problem, even when our internet connection > went down while downloading email via POP. > > We had problems with Outlook crashing and corrupting its email > database when we were having internet connection problems. The Shouldn't you restore a backup under these circumstances?