On 19.09.2010 22:46, Beverly Howard wrote: --- Original Message ---
> As with computer files, when you delete a message, it is not deleted, > simply marked as deleted in order to save time. > > Deleted messages are copied to the relevant "trash" folder, so you might > look there if it has not been emptied since the deletion. If you > "empty" the trash the entire contents are permanently deleted. > > When you compact a folder, the entire contents of the folder are scanned > and rewritten only if they are not marked as deleted. I assume (but > don't know) that seamonkey rights the visible messages to a new file, > then deletes the old file and gives the new file the same name as the old. > > If so, check the recycle bin, and, if the message is critical, it might > be possible to use a file recovery tool to recover the file. If the > file is simply re-written, the only recovery option would be to recover > the file for the folder from a backup. > > Beverly Howard First of all please quote relevant text from the reply that you are referring to, thanks. Deleted mail does not wind up in the recycle bin and there are no recovery tools available that I am aware of to recover deleted mail once the folder(s) is compacted. When mail is deleted it's marked for deletion as you said. Mail can only be recovered that has been deleted only IF the folders haven't been compacted. Until then, the deleted message actually resides in the related .MSF file which can be read to some degree in Wordpad for instance. A good backup solution is a wise move. One such backup application is MozBackup - http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/ -- *Jay Garcia - Netscape/Flock Champion* www.ufaq.org Netscape - Firefox - SeaMonkey - Flock - Thunderbird _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
