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GeneralRe: list of the running services using NET Pin
Mekong River21-Jul-04 4:11
Mekong River21-Jul-04 4:11 
GeneralDiskMngr functionality from an application. Pin
Thingfish4718-Jul-04 22:08
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GeneralShare calendar over peer to peer network Pin
Mekong River17-Jul-04 6:23
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GeneralRe: Share calendar over peer to peer network Pin
Mike Dimmick18-Jul-04 8:33
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GeneralRe: Share calendar over peer to peer network Pin
Mekong River19-Jul-04 3:57
Mekong River19-Jul-04 3:57 
GeneralShare access database over the peer to peer network Pin
Mekong River17-Jul-04 5:35
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GeneralRestore outlook express messages Pin
Mekong River15-Jul-04 13:10
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GeneralRe: Restore outlook express messages Pin
Mike Dimmick15-Jul-04 20:42
Mike Dimmick15-Jul-04 20:42 
Messages are lost because Outlook Express' database system isn't transactional. It doesn't guarantee that the data has actually been written to the file. The NTFS is transactional only for file system metadata - it doesn't protect the data itself, it only ensures that you don't lose the whole volume.

Basically, I think you hit the small window of time between OE asking the OS to write to the file and the OS actually doing so. This write caching is perfectly normal but you do have the possibility of losing data. However, OE has already told your mail server to delete the message from its store.

I'm afraid it's gone. You aren't going to see that message again.

In a corporate environment, it's usually much better to use Exchange or another enterprise messaging server. Exchange understands SMTP, the messaging protocol used to send messages between servers. Exchange's database is transactional, and it won't report successful delivery to the sending server until it has at least committed its transaction log to the disk, containing the new message(s). That means, if the power fails, either the message has been recorded and Exchange will roll it forward into the main database, or it hasn't, in which case the sender still has the message and will retry sending it later.

Finally, it's a lot easier to protect the server against power failures than it is to protect all the workstations. Even a small UPS (uninterruptible power supply) can buy enough time for the server to shut down gracefully.

Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder
GeneralRe: Restore outlook express messages Pin
Mekong River17-Jul-04 3:59
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GeneralRe: Restore outlook express messages Pin
Roger Wright17-Jul-04 4:24
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GeneralRe: Restore outlook express messages Pin
Roger Wright15-Jul-04 20:43
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GeneralCDROM not found in windows Pin
Mekong River15-Jul-04 12:38
Mekong River15-Jul-04 12:38 
GeneralAutomatic Updates - Please help Pin
david@mindplay.com15-Jul-04 6:44
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GeneralRe: Automatic Updates - Please help Pin
Steven Campbell15-Jul-04 7:16
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GeneralRe: Automatic Updates - Please help Pin
Henry miller16-Jul-04 3:06
Henry miller16-Jul-04 3:06 
GeneralSMTP and Exchange Pin
Marcus Spitzmiller13-Jul-04 8:19
Marcus Spitzmiller13-Jul-04 8:19 
GeneralBackp/Restore HardDisk Image Pin
trustable13-Jul-04 1:19
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Generalretrieving network printer users Pin
lnong12-Jul-04 12:29
lnong12-Jul-04 12:29 
GeneralError when get user profile from the server Pin
Mekong River12-Jul-04 6:36
Mekong River12-Jul-04 6:36 
GeneralRunning the GUI(created in MFC) Problem in Win2000 Pin
mallikarjun.lavate11-Jul-04 23:39
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GeneralRunning the GUI(created in MFC) Problem in Win2000 Pin
mallikarjun.lavate11-Jul-04 23:39
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GeneralOWA with SSL Pin
Hugo Hallman11-Jul-04 2:43
Hugo Hallman11-Jul-04 2:43 
GeneralRe: OWA with SSL Pin
Mike Dimmick11-Jul-04 23:24
Mike Dimmick11-Jul-04 23:24 
GeneralRe: OWA with SSL Pin
Hugo Hallman12-Jul-04 2:01
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Generaluse registry to retrive histories Pin
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