MCBastos wrote:
Interviewed by CNN on 8/1/2010 21:21, Phillip Jones told the world:
RGrannus wrote:
Some older emails that I wanted to keep were deleted today when the keep
for so many days option was reset. Is there any way to recover them?
If you actually emptied the trash (waste basket for PC's-I guess) no!
if they were just moved to trash but not emptied then open Trash folder
and pull them out.
Actually, even if they were double-deleted (that is, deleted from the
Trash by using the "delete" command, but *not* by using the "empty
trash" command) it might, I said MIGHT be possible to recover them... by
manually editing the Trash file with a text editor and some knowledge of
internal structure of MBOX files.
In the same way, it *might* be possible to undelete them from the
original mail folder as long as it hasn't been compacted yet.
I did it a couple times, so I can say it's possible. But it's not
exactly easy.
But be careful -- I have all my accounts set to empty trash on exit, so
if I should happen to close SeaMonkey (as a way of avoiding contention
for the same file), I would lose the opportunity to do what you
describe. If the OP's in the same position, he should either
a) copy the trash file in Windows Explorer, modify the copy, and then
move the (renamed) copy back to the SM profile where SM will "discover"
it as a new folder; or
b) clear the "empty trash on exit" option before closing SM and then
feel free to work with the trash file as he sees fit.
--
War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
--
Paul B. Gallagher
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