I have a similar problem where I work - some users have >1.5GB mail folders. The best solution, if you do not want to backup the folder each time just because the date has changed or because a 2kb email has been added to it is to split the folder into smaller folders. I don't mean to create trays - I mean to create several new folders and distribute your mail between them.

I do very regular backup of my office pmail/mail folder into a portable hard disk. There is a program "SecondCopy" I use for this. It seems version 4.51 changes the dates of the folder files, even when you do not access any of this e-mail folders, but through the Folders window presentation.

That implies very "historical" folders, with huge sizes (300 MB, f.i.) are re-copied although I tell my secondcopy program to not copy "unchanged" files, which on this occasion is not changed in its content, just in its date, by Pegasus 4.51, I suppose that means changed by the SecondCopy understanding.

 As far as I recall, ver. 4.41 did not do that, is this possible?

Any ideas to overcome this huge back-logging I seem to be forced to each day?

Thanks in anticipation

I do not have a solution for you, but others may. I believe what you need to do is backup by checking filesize changes. This could range from simple directory comparisons to comparing content checksums with MD5SUM.

Martin