On 20.09.2010 12:57, Jay Garcia wrote: --- Original Message ---
> On 20.09.2010 12:40, Daniel Barclay wrote: > > --- Original Message --- > >> Jay Garcia wrote: >> >> >>> ... 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. >> >> The deleted message still resides in the original mail file (not the >> corresponding .msf file). >> >> Also, note that one normally has three chances to recover a deleted >> message: >> >> 1. Obviously, when regular deletion logically moves a message to the >> Trash folder, the message is available normally from the Trash >> folder. >> >> 2. That logical moving physically copies the message to the file that >> implements the Trash folder, leaving the original copy in the file >> that implements the original folder, but marking that original copy >> as being deleted. It remains there until that folder is compacted. >> >> If you (very carefully*) open the file to edit it, find the message, >> find its X-Mozilla-Status header field, and turn off the "deleted" >> bit (e.g., "X-Mozilla-Status: 0009" -> "X-Mozilla-Status: 0001", >> etc.), and do Rebuild Index on the mail folder, the message will be >> "undeleted" and available normally. >> >> (*Don't try editing the file without making a backup copy unless you >> really know what you're doing. It's probably safer to copy the >> original file to a work file, edit that, re-start SeaMonkey so it >> notices the work file, copy your wanted message to somewhere else, >> and then delete the work file (which will also contain duplicate >> copies of other message in the original folder/file).) >> >> 3. _If_ you delete the message from the Trash folder using the >> delete-message command (_NOT_ Empty Trash), the copy in the file >> the implements the Trash folder is marked deleted (as above) until >> the Trash folder is compacted (via Compact Folder or Empty Trash). >> It can be recovered the same way as above. >> >> >> Daniel > > Interesting note, this is true, the file(s) are still in the INBOX if > you view in Wordpad for instance. However, after deletion under normal > functionality, the file(s) is still there but after compacting, the > file(s) are still there in the INBOX file. What's up with that? > Ah, found the problem. The INBOX wasn't being compacted unless I hilited the INBOX and then FILE => Compact Folder. Now the file(s) is/are gone. Best I can remember this isn't the way it was in Netscape and earlier versions of TB. Also, customizing the toolbar with "Delete" and "Compact" only refers to the Trash folder. Thanks for rumbling the old gray matter!! -- *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
