on 1/30/01 10:17 AM, Harry (lists) deftly typed out:
> I'm reposting this on here since I'm still in the same predicament, and
> still need some effective solution/help:
>
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>
> So, the drive I kept my MS User Data folder on crashed, and while I was
> able to recover what appears to be everything (thank god for Data-Rescue,
> since neither Norton, nor TechTool found anything), the only file that
> matters appears to be corrupted - and that would be the OE Database file.
>
> I get alternating errors of the File Ending sooner than expected, and
> even running the compact or compllex rebuild won't workd, or do anything.
>
> HELP!
>
> Is there some tool, some trick, some ways I can force a rebuild of a
> corrupted database file? Or some way to rebuild the database from the
> messages file alone (which does appear to be intact).
>
> HELP - anyone!
The following post from David Cortright on Oct. 23rd details of a way to
convert the messages file to a standard MBOX format which can then be
imported into a clean Entourage identity. You won't be able to recover
calendar, address book, Tasks or Notes data, but it should give you back
your messages.
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Remo Del Bello
<QUOTE>
I spent several hours over the weekend constructing a really big MBOX file
from an orphaned Messages file. To do this, you need a copy of BBEdit Lite
and you need to know how to use Grep. Don't forget to operate on a copy, and
do some cursory finds before Replace All.
First, look for patterns like:
[^\r]Received: from .*\r
[^\t].*\rReceived: from .*\r
And replace with:
>From ???@??? Fri Jun 11 07:59:38 1999\r
You'll need to account for messages that don't start with Received, so
repeat with "From:", "Return-Path:", ...
Also, you want to get rid of the garbage between messages, so search for:
\r\r\r\r\r
^\**\r
^[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]?
Now, skim the file looking for other garbage to clean up.
Then, save out and do a File:Import:text file:MBOX.
Now, set up a custom view and look for "Received: from" in the message body.
You probably missed some messages. Drag this view to the desktop to creat an
MBOX file, and clean it up. Then import it back in.
It's a long, tedious process, but it works.
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Remo Del Bello
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