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| Subject | Re: Mulitple *.dat files |
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.software.thunderbird |
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| From | dillinger <dillinger@invalid.not> |
| Date | Sun, 11 Apr 2021 19:36:53 +0200 |
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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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