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| - Viruses, hardware failure, a user error, or a bug in POPFile may damage your corpus. Since the corpus reflects everything POPFile has learned about the categorization of your email, it is the single most valuable collection of files in your POPFile installation. | - Viruses, hardware failure, a user error, or a bug in POPFile may damage your corpus. Since the corpus reflects everything POPFile has learned about the categorization of your email, it is the single most valuable collection of files in your POPFile installation. | ||
| - | ===== Finding the User Data files ===== | + | For Windows users there is a POPFile User Data Backup/ |
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| + | ===== Finding the User Data files (Windows version) | ||
| Originally POPFile and all of its data files were kept in your POPFile folder and its subfolders. Starting with the 0.21.0 release, the data files can now be stored separately from the POPFile files when a clean installation is performed. One of the reasons for storing the data files separately is to make it possible for each user to have their own corpus etc. | Originally POPFile and all of its data files were kept in your POPFile folder and its subfolders. Starting with the 0.21.0 release, the data files can now be stored separately from the POPFile files when a clean installation is performed. One of the reasons for storing the data files separately is to make it possible for each user to have their own corpus etc. | ||
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| The installer creates shortcuts to the program // | The installer creates shortcuts to the program // | ||
| - | Since the SFN format is not very human-friendly, | + | Since the SFN format is not very human-friendly, |
| To make a full backup of POPFile, simply backup the POPFile folder and subfolders and, if your User Data is stored separately, backup the User Data folder and subfolders (assuming that the default locations were used for message history, etc). | To make a full backup of POPFile, simply backup the POPFile folder and subfolders and, if your User Data is stored separately, backup the User Data folder and subfolders (assuming that the default locations were used for message history, etc). | ||
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| * if an older version of POPFile was upgraded, the default location for the User Data for the user who performed the upgrade is the POPFile folder (the normal default location is // | * if an older version of POPFile was upgraded, the default location for the User Data for the user who performed the upgrade is the POPFile folder (the normal default location is // | ||
| - | * if a clean install was performed, or if a new user configuration has been created by the 'Add POPFile User' wizard, then the default location of the User Data depends upon the Windows version and how it has been configured. For example, if you are using Windows 2000 or XP then the default location is probably // | + | * if a clean install was performed, or if a new user configuration has been created by the 'Add POPFile User' wizard, then the default location of the User Data depends upon the Windows version and how it has been configured. For example, if you are using Windows 2000 or XP then the default location is probably // |
| - | The installer and the 'Add POPFile User' wizard make it very easy to select a different location from the default one, and even if the default locations are used it can be difficult to find the relevant folder, so a small utility has been created to avoid the need to delve into the registry. If you used the Windows installer for 0.22.0 (or later) then the utility can be run by selecting Start -> Programs -> POPFile -> Support -> PFI Diagnostic utility (simple). If you are using POPFile 0.21.x the [[http:// | + | The installer and the 'Add POPFile User' wizard make it very easy to select a different location from the default one, and even if the default locations are used it can be difficult to find the relevant folder, so a small utility has been created to avoid the need to delve into the registry. If you used the Windows installer for 0.22.0 (or later) then the utility can be run by selecting Start -> Programs -> POPFile -> Support -> PFI Diagnostic utility (simple). If you are using POPFile 0.21.x the [[http:// |
| - | Once you have identified the folders which are to be backed up, you can simply make a copy of those folders but you may want to use a utility like zip or < | + | Once you have identified the folders which are to be backed up, you can simply make a copy of those folders but you may want to use a utility like zip or WinZip. |
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| + | The POPFile User Data Backup/ | ||
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| + | ===== Finding the User Data files (Mac OS X version) ===== | ||
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| + | POPFile user data is stored in // | ||
| ===== Restoration and Transfer ===== | ===== Restoration and Transfer ===== | ||
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| * 1. Shut down POPFile if it is running. | * 1. Shut down POPFile if it is running. | ||
| - | * 2.a. If the currently installed version of POPFile is equal to or older then the backup version, | + | * 2.a. If the currently installed version of POPFile is equal to or older than the backup version, |
| - | * Copy the files from the backup you made above. If you used zip or < | + | * Copy the files from the backup you made above. If you used zip or %%WinZip%%, make sure to unzip the files. Either way, the files must be returned to the POPFile |
| * 2.b. If the currently installed version of POPFile is newer than the backup or if POPFile isn't currently installed, | * 2.b. If the currently installed version of POPFile is newer than the backup or if POPFile isn't currently installed, | ||
| * Restore POPFile as above, and then reinstall the new version. | * Restore POPFile as above, and then reinstall the new version. | ||
| In either case, restoring the // | In either case, restoring the // | ||
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| ===== Important configuration files ===== | ===== Important configuration files ===== | ||
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| If you want to go for a minimal backup, the list of files below is (or may be) vital for your configuration: | If you want to go for a minimal backup, the list of files below is (or may be) vital for your configuration: | ||
| - | ? **popfile.cfg** | + | ? popfile.cfg |
| ! This file contains your settings such as the ports that POPFile uses, the POPFile skin, the UI language, the system tray icon status, etc. | ! This file contains your settings such as the ports that POPFile uses, the POPFile skin, the UI language, the system tray icon status, etc. | ||
| - | ? **popfile.db** | + | ? popfile.db |
| ! This file contains POPFile' | ! This file contains POPFile' | ||
| - | ? **stopwords** | + | ? stopwords |
| ! This file contains a list of words that are ignored by POPFile. If you added or removed words from this list, you may also want to backup this file. | ! This file contains a list of words that are ignored by POPFile. If you added or removed words from this list, you may also want to backup this file. | ||
| - | ? **pfi-outexpress.ini** (Windows only) | + | ? pfi-outexpress.ini (Windows only) |
| ! This user-specific file is used by the uninstaller to restore the original values of any Outlook Express settings changed by the installer or the 'Add POPFile User' wizard. | ! This user-specific file is used by the uninstaller to restore the original values of any Outlook Express settings changed by the installer or the 'Add POPFile User' wizard. | ||
| - | ? **pfi-outlook.ini** (Windows only) | + | ? pfi-outlook.ini (Windows only) |
| ! This user-specific file is used by the uninstaller to restore the original values of any Outlook settings changed by the installer or the 'Add POPFile User' wizard. | ! This user-specific file is used by the uninstaller to restore the original values of any Outlook settings changed by the installer or the 'Add POPFile User' wizard. | ||
| - | ? **pfi-eudora.ini** (Windows only) | + | ? pfi-eudora.ini (Windows only) |
| ! This user-specific file is used by the uninstaller to restore the original values of any Eudora settings changed by the installer or the 'Add POPFile User' wizard. | ! This user-specific file is used by the uninstaller to restore the original values of any Eudora settings changed by the installer or the 'Add POPFile User' wizard. | ||
| - | ? **uninstalluser.exe** (Windows only) | + | ? uninstalluser.exe (Windows only) |
| - | ! This is the uninstaller which (in addition to removing the User Data files and folders) uses the **pfi-*.ini** files to restore the Outlook Express, Outlook and Eudora settings to their original values. | + | ! This is the uninstaller which (in addition to removing the User Data files and folders) uses the pfi-*.ini files to restore the Outlook Express, Outlook and Eudora settings to their original values. |
| - | ? the **archive** subdirectory | + | ? the archive subdirectory |
| ! Don't forget this directory if you have set up POPFile to keep an archive of your messages. | ! Don't forget this directory if you have set up POPFile to keep an archive of your messages. | ||
| - | ? the **skins** subdirectory | + | ? the skins subdirectory |
| ! Only necessary if you added or modified any POPFile skins. | ! Only necessary if you added or modified any POPFile skins. | ||
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| See also: | See also: | ||
| * [[: DirectoryStructure | POPFile Directory Structure]] | * [[: DirectoryStructure | POPFile Directory Structure]] | ||
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