[indiamike]

I don't think there is a way to exclude it except to empty the indexes in Rebuild search index function in the Update Counters screen and to rebuild it again after each dump. May take some time since you have a large forum.

Personally I always save offline about once a week, I am on a dial up modem and it's a long and painful process, but I sort of feel safer with a hard copy in my hand. You probably need a cable or dsl or spend the whole day doing a backup.

Most hosts also make a daily backup of your site in case you srew something up and have to revert back to it. I am not sure about Rackshack though.

You have a large forum (and it's very good by the way) and no matter which way you go it will still be a time consuming process.

Hopefully some other members on this forum who have large boards can give some tips on how they back up their boards.

Mike