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Switching TO Outlook
 
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Hello Guys,
i have been a suporter or thebat since the 1.62, but i cannot anymore ! I have to many problem ! Lost folder, lost emails, security shit that you cannot recover your message anyway, i have 30 users, and they mostly all lost they emails at least once!


So do you know a procedure or a third party tool that can help me to go back to outlook

Thanks !
 
 
 
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see what Outlook can import, and export theBat message bases in that format.

It looks like you expect to have less problems with Outlook, which I'm not sure. Problems may appear with any software. If you make regular backups and follow some good practices, problems like lost folders and emails in theBat can be solved in a minute.
Instead of switching to Outlook, switch to some stable old version of theBat, make regular backups by archiving the mail folder, compress folders once or twice per week, that's pretty much all.
 
 
 
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Hello Big,


The think is ok for backup !
But look since the v3. We just see problems with this ! Lost is not that easy if the base is encrypted .


There is a big no i mean a HUGE lack of the bat it totally lost its advance ! No HTML template (i posted the enhancement in BT  several years ago), no possibility of backing up several folder ! One of nothing ! But before they invetented theuir sh**** forms, that no one must be using expect the tutorials !!!

Anyway the thing i want is to have an update but i don t want to have to do it by since i have more than 300 folders and 125 000 mails !  
 
 
 
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fyelles writes:
But look since the v3. We just see problems with this ! Lost is not that easy if the base is encrypted .

yes, but is very easy if base is not encrypted.
I use non-encrypted msg bases, and for security keep them in an encrypted TrueCrypt volume. No problems of any sort with backups/restore

It will take some time to switch from encrypted to non-encrypted base(export, reinstall, import) but the effort worths.

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fyelles writes:
No HTML template (i posted the enhancement in BT several years ago), no possibility of backing up several folder !

Backing us only selected folders is very easy, just zip or rar the physical folders on your hard disk that keep the message bases for theBat folders you want to backup.
Restoring individual folders from such backups is also very easy.
 
 
 
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Backing us only selected folders is very easy, just zip or rar the physical folders on your hard disk that keep the message bases for theBat folders you want to backup.
Restoring individual folders from such backups is also very easy.

Sure it is easy for us as we are technical but i am not sure that my secretary will be able to understand this !!
 
 
 
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why should your secretary understand this?

Making backups can be automated by running a .bat file from Windows task scheduler every day, week or so.
In case of a problem that requires a restore, indeed an IT or another technical guy should do it. But that's an exception that may never occur, and the procedure is not that complicated even for a non-technical person.
 
 
 
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Or, there are many free backup programs that can be easily installed and set to automatically backup The Bat's directory.
 
 
 
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Even in smaller enterprise, something (and I hate symantec) like Symatec BackUpExex comes with a desktop option where selected folder or files can be backed up to the server/backup_media on a schedule or continuously.

Depends on what they have in their messages that is so private, but the mail belongs to the comapny and the company should use an encryption scheme that they can recover the data from (even if it is EFS)

If you went to Outlook because of the calendaring and contact management in a work setting, then I would say I understand!

Where the Bat! used to lead, it is now falling behind, especially as more and more people shift away from POP/SMTP.
 
 
 
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