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Re: Mulitple *.dat files

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On 4/11/21 12:47 PM, Torsten Villnow wrote:

> I have a weird problem with the files in my Thunderbird newsgroup 
> folder. Since I subscribed to the new Mozilla groups within alt.* (the 
> first ones from alt.* which I subscribed to) their dat-files get 
> duplicated over and over as follows:
> 
> alt.comp.software.firefox.dat
> alt.comp.software.firefox-1.dat
> alt.comp.software.firefox-2.dat
> 
> This is not specific to these groups; the same happens also with other 
> groups from alt.*, which I just tested for confirmation.
> 
> The folder is included in Dropbox, and I understand, that this could 
> have some side-effects, when Dropbox replicates while (in this case) 
> Thunderbird is active.
> 
> However, this folder has been in Dropbox for many years, and I never 
> have had such a problem with any of my other groups from de.*
> 
> If is matters, I am subscribed to new.individual.de.
> 
> Although I post this here, I have no idea whether the problem is caused 
> by Thunderbird.
> 
*-1, *-2 etc. files are usually only generated when the original file is 
either locked (read-only) or corrupted.
I'm not using Dropbox but it looks like Dropbox locks your files while 
replicating.

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Mulitple *.dat files Torsten Villnow <t.villnow@gmail.com> - 2021-04-11 12:47 +0200
  Re: Mulitple *.dat files Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-04-11 12:50 +0100
    Re: Mulitple *.dat files Torsten Villnow <t.villnow@gmail.com> - 2021-04-11 16:31 +0200
  Re: Mulitple *.dat files Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-04-11 15:42 +0100
  Re: Mulitple *.dat files dillinger <dillinger@invalid.not> - 2021-04-11 19:36 +0200
  Re: Mulitple *.dat files Torsten Villnow <t.villnow@gmail.com> - 2021-04-12 15:12 +0200

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