On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 19:01, John Richard Smith wrote:
So the reason is simple the visual delete is just that , it's not physically removed until the compaction is complete.
So the obvious next question, in that case suppose you accidentally visually delete a message can you get it back again from the Mbox ?
I would not know how to do that with the program (since I do not use it [yet]). When I check out the files in the mail folder:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] localhost]$ ll -rw-r--r-- 1 paul paul 0 Sep 30 07:05 Drafts -rw-r--r-- 1 paul paul 1345 Sep 30 11:51 Drafts.msf -rw------- 1 paul paul 0 Sep 30 07:20 filterlog.html -rw-r--r-- 1 paul paul 1014580 Sep 30 18:23 Inbox -rw-r--r-- 1 paul paul 30480 Sep 30 18:23 Inbox.msf -rw-r--r-- 1 paul paul 1927 Sep 30 18:21 junklog.html -rw-r--r-- 1 paul paul 386 Sep 30 07:32 msgFilterRules.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 paul paul 4607 Sep 30 18:21 popstate.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 paul paul 0 Sep 30 07:05 Sent -rw-r--r-- 1 paul paul 1345 Sep 30 11:51 Sent.msf -rw-r--r-- 1 paul paul 0 Sep 30 07:05 Templates -rw-r--r-- 1 paul paul 1348 Sep 30 11:51 Templates.msf -rw------- 1 paul paul 0 Sep 30 18:23 Trash -rw-r--r-- 1 paul paul 1387 Sep 30 18:23 Trash.msf
you can see .msf files next to the original mail folders. I deleted a message from Inbox, deleted Inbox.msf and restarted Thunderbird. Alas, the message remained deleted, although the msf file was rebuilt. I had hoped that to be some index-file, dragging the deleted mail back. This does not mean it is impossible (when I do 'less Inbox' I can still find the deleted message text) but I don't know how to do it. Yet.
Paul
It seems the same setup in mozilla . though unlike you I don't seem able to cd into local folders, the directory that contains the above directories and .msf text files. Looks to me as though the .msf files are required for display.
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