1/03/04 Dave Nathanson : >I think that your best shot is to... > >1) Quit Emailer, move both your "current" Mail & mail index files to >somewhere else safe. Always keep both of those together as a set. > >2) Drag in the same named files from your Feb 16th back up. > >3) Select all incoming messages that you want to save & "Redirect" them >to yourself. >Send. Perhaps someone has an applescript for this. >Do NOT check your mail! > >4) Quit Emailer, move both your Mail & mail index files to somewhere >else. These are the "Feb 16th BackUp files". Substitute your "current" >Emailer mail & index files in & launch Emailer. > >5) Check Mail. You ought to get all those messages back in. The dates >will be wrong, but they will still be "from " the right people. At least >the reply to will work right.
Or you could : - grab some export/import scripts like mine (I'm currently working on them but they work fine as is) http://vric.free.fr/mac/Emailer/ - then do 1) and 2) from above (swap mail DB files) - use the export script to save all the in box to a Eudora/mbox file - do 4) from above (swap back mail DB files) - use the import script to import the file you just saved Benefits against the "redirect" method: - dates are right (I think I even keep the whole original header). - attachments aren't duplicated (when you redirect/re-retrieve messages you send and get their attachments again) - it's faster and costs nothing (if you pay for bandwidth or dialup) - you can import the file to any folder (the in box is chosen if no other folder is selected before importing), for example to avoid mixing with current messages you migh get at the same time using the redirect method Drawbacks: - attachment links are lost (Emailer scripting limitation), but my export script stores the paths of available attachments at the beginning of each message's content - I now find those notes in exported messages a bit annoying; next version will add less. But you can take advantage of the text intermediate file to quickly reduce/remove notes before reimporting, by doing a grep search/replace in a text editor like BBEdit or Smile (ask for the grep patterns needed if you don't know grep). ---- VRic ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
