At some point around Wed, Sep 20, 2000 at 11:32:03AM +1100, Jeff Waugh spaketh thusly:
> > Terry Collins wrote:
> >
> > You could also tar/gzip your mbox file and leave it on your CD as well.
>
>
> Yes! Keep your mbox files.
>
> You never know when you may need them. The raw data is always useful... Say
> you find a new ultra-cool method of keeping mail archives on CD's and all
> you kept was the output.
>
> Terry knows my embarrassing mbox disappearance tricks well. :)
Hehe. My best trick was to attach - by accident - /var/mail/thom
to an outgoing email in mutt, then realise, unattach it, and
watch all the email in my inbox vanish. Not recommended ;-)
I now have procmail punting a copy into a seperate mailbox that
I keep on the file server here.
cheers,
thom
>
> - Jeff
>
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