Orphaned Files group

DEVONthink
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Hi all,

I just found a folder named, “Orphaned Files”, and it contains a few hundred emails from 2007/2008, for a mailbox that is not a part of this particular database. I normally archive my email to an email specific database, and am not sure where these files came from. I’ve run a Verify & Repair on the database, and no errors were detected. Is it OK to move these Orphaned Files to the Trash and Empty?

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The orphaned emails are probably the result of e.g. crashes, force quit, power outages or other severe issues while importing/archiving emails. You could move them to the desktop first and afterwards import them to the same database to check whether these are duplicates and not necessary anymore.

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Thanks Chris! I’ll give that a try.

Curiously, are these associated with the one particular database, or are they from any/all of my various databases, and the the Orphaned Files folder, a catchall?

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There would be on Orphaned group per database… in the event there were orphans. :slight_smile:

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Hey Jim, thanks! :slight_smile:

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No problem :slight_smile:

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