On 2003.09.17 00:23 -ray wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, Jeremy Bertrand wrote:
> 
> > hey guys,
> > you know the general drill. if it's M$ it's bound to crash.
> > well, my pc just crashed and i lost about a month's worth of brlug messages.
> > i use Eudora. does any of you know if messages are able to be retrieved 
> > from this type of crash?
> 
> Look in the .mbx file for that mail folder.  It is just a text file, and
> contains the actual messages.  Chances are the messages are still there,
> just your .toc file is corrupted.  Rename the toc file and start Eudora
> again.  It either rebuilds the toc file automatically, or there is a menu
> option to rebuild it (i forget).  In any event you can rebuild toc from
> mbx.  If your mbx file is hosed, then you're screwed...
> 
> ray
> -- 

It would not hurt to copy the .mbx file before you let Eudora do it's automagic 
thing.  Text is good.

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