On 20-12-2000 at 22:08, Doug Weller kindly wrote:
> Wednesday, December 20, 2000, 8:46:42 PM, Nick wrote:
D>>> My computer crashed and I have now lost all my Inbox messages,
D>>> several thousand.
ND>> A painful way to learn the wonders of backing up, eh?
ND>> Backups, they're not just for newbies anymore.
> Yep. But as I wrote, will reinstating the backup wipe the newer
> messages in other mailboxes?
Of course. The backup will retrieve the files as they were
ate the time of backing up - that is, unless you've set your
account(s) to leave mail on server for X days.
> And it's still not good enough, even Calypso was robust enough to
> recover after a crash.
I've never seen TB crashing *and* wiping mail folders.
There are a couple of things that you could - and should -
try. The first one is putting the focus on you account
(selecting it) and then press Ctrl-Alt-Shift-L. That will
find lost mailfolders.
If you look at your directory structure using Explorer or
QWinCommander, do you still see the .tbb and .tbi files? Do
they have content?
If so, and if Ctrl-Alt-Shift-L doesn't work, you might go
for the second, much more bothersome, option: manually
recreate mail folders in the exact same place where your
file browser can see them, and press accept when TB tells
you that there's already something there and should it use
it.
Good luck.
- K -
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