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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

#79 — Mulitple *.dat files

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.

-- 
Torsten Villnow

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#80

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

I've just looked in the sub-folders under [profile]\news\ corresponding 
to my five news servers, and none of the have "-1.dat" files in them, 
several of the news servers have alt.* groups, not that I can see a 
reason that should be related.

It sounds credible that dropbox has something to do with the suffixes.

What do the created/modified dates of the file show?

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#81

Am 11.04.2021 um 13:50 schrieb Andy Burns:
> 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
> 
> I've just looked in the sub-folders under [profile]\news\ corresponding 
> to my five news servers, and none of the have "-1.dat" files in them, 
> several of the news servers have alt.* groups, not that I can see a 
> reason that should be related.

So it may be caused by using the mentioned news server.

> It sounds credible that dropbox has something to do with the suffixes.
> 
> What do the created/modified dates of the file show?

They are generated while displaying one of these alt-groups, obviously 
only when new posts get downloaded, as I just observed with your post.

-- 
Torsten Villnow

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#82

Torsten Villnow wrote:

> If is matters, I am subscribed to new.individual.de

So am I, well actually news.individual.net but it's the same really.

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#84

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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#85

Am 11.04.2021 um 12:47 schrieb Torsten Villnow:
> 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

Problem solved.

I only just discovered, that the first dat-file is empty, whereas the 
duplicates contain the following, like the dat-files from my other 
(de.*) groups:

version="9"
logging="no"

I replaced the empty dat-file with a "filled" one, and the duplication 
of files has stopped.

Dropbox was obviously the cause, as mentioned by dillinger.

-- 
Torsten Villnow

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