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The Mozy client was not design to scale to huge numbers of files, and when you try to edit the configuration, the client slows to a crawl. Unfortunately, many computer users have huge numbers of files to back up.

The Mozy client should let you specify a backup set by editing text file instead, so you don't have to go through the slow graphical interface. If it were set up so you edit a text file and fill it with directives like this, it would be much better:

# Backs up everything in documents and settings
starts:c:/documents and settings/

# Backs up files ending in .gif
ends:.gif

# Don't back up files ending in .tmp
-ends: .tmp

# Backs up any file that contains 'photos' in the filename or directory
contains: photos

# Don't back up any file starting with a dot
-regexp: \.[^/]*$

# Don't back up any file in an .svn directory
-regexp: ^.*/\.svn/

This is just an example -- I'll leave it up the Mozy engineers to come up with a better and more flexible syntax. You should be able to apply rules to full paths, directories, filenames, or extensions.