🚀 go-pugleaf

kyle_jones@wonderworks.com (Kyle Jones) wrote in message news:<aq63v9$1rcv$1@ice.wonderworks.com>...
> Johnny <larssv@ce.chalmers.se> wrote:
>  > kyle_jones@wonderworks.com (Kyle Jones) wrote in message news:<appdaq$ela$1@ice.wonderworks.com>...
>  > > The backup file is made the first time the file's buffer is
>  > > saved.  Changes and saves after that won't appear in the backup
>  > > file.  Therefore all the mail that has arrived since the backup
>  > > file was made and all the changes you've made to your mailbox
>  > > are at risk unless file-precious-flag is non-nil.  It is not
>  > > unusual for Emacs users to leave sessions running for days or
>  > > weeks.  A lot of mail could be at risk.  That's why the default
>  > > value of vm-folder-file-precious-flag is t.
>  > 
>  > Isn't this what auto-saving is for?  
> 
> Yes, but there's no guarantee that an auto-save file will exist at
> the time a buffer is saved.  The auto-save timer may not have
> expired yet.  Some people turn off auto-saves on large folders
> because the sudden hangs when Emacs auto-saves are too disruptive.

Thank you for elucidating the issues.  I'm willing to live with that 
small risk for mail corruption, given that my auto-save-interval is 
30 seconds; that I use auto-save also on large folders; and that 
I have not turned off backup files.

I'll (setq vm-folder-file-precious-flag nil) and be happy. 

Thanks again

	J