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Title:-={ H A C K E R S }=-
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Moderator:DIEHRD::MORRIS
Created:Thu Feb 20 1986
Last Modified:Mon Aug 03 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:680
Total number of notes:5456

444.0. "accidently deleteted mail entry??/" by BAXTA::WIGHT_BRIAN () Tue Apr 14 1987 17:37

Hi;
  I have a question.  Is there any sort of program out there that can save
a accidently delete message from mail???
 Any information would be handy...

					Thank's
					Brian
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444.1MAIL saves them, if you tell it to...CHAMBR::GUINEAUTue Apr 14 1987 17:4721



 MAIL saves deleted mail messages in a folder called WASTEBASKET.

 All deleted messages are in this folder until you issue a purge
 command or, if you have auto-purge enabled (the default, I think),
 when you exit mail.



 if auto purge is NOT enabled or you have just deleted a message and have
 NOT yet exited mail, type

     MAIL> SELECT WASTEBASKET
     MAIL> DIR


 John
     
444.2I already tried thatMTBLUE::WIGHT_BRIANTue Apr 14 1987 18:3732
I'll describe what happened.
I wanted to file a mail message  in a folder named job plan
i filed the message and it seemed to take it then i logged out
When I checked again it didnt see the folder"job plan" i checked
around and it hadnt saved it any where.


< Note 444.1 by CHAMBR::GUINEAU >
                   -< MAIL saves them, if you tell it to... >-





 MAIL saves deleted mail messages in a folder called WASTEBASKET.

 All deleted messages are in this folder until you issue a purge
 command or, if you have auto-purge enabled (the default, I think),
 when you exit mail.



 if auto purge is NOT enabled or you have just deleted a message and have
 NOT yet exited mail, type

     MAIL> SELECT WASTEBASKET
     MAIL> DIR


 John
     

444.3CAFEIN::PFAUNow where did I leave my marbles?Wed Apr 15 1987 00:2910
    Mail folder names cannot contain the space character.  If you look
    at the help for the command FILE within mail, you will notice that
    it takes two arguments.  The first is a folder name, the second
    is a file name.  If you entered 'FILE JOB PLAN', your message got
    filed into folder JOB in mail file PLAN.
    
    To locate this message, type 'SET FILE PLAN', then 'DIR JOB'.  Your
    'lost' message should be there.
    
    tom_p
444.4Try 'DIR/FOLDERS' to see what folders are about...KUNTRY::MITCHAM-Andy in AtlantaWed Apr 15 1987 11:530
444.5thanks for the helpMTBLUE::WIGHT_BRIANWed Apr 15 1987 12:087
re(.3)tom_p
Thank you very much for your help.  What you thought was right.
I found the mail messages that I had lost.

                                                   Thank you for your help...

							Brian
444.6search [yourself...]*.* "plate of shrimp"VIDEO::OSMANtype video::user$7:[osman]eric.sixWed Apr 15 1987 14:2820
I would suggest you think of some phrase you know was in the lost message.
For instance, suppose you know that

	plate of shrimp

was in there somewhere.  Do this:

	$ search [yourself...]*.* "plate of shrimp"

This will find any mail databases or temp files or other copies of
the message.  It will even find it if perhaps MAIL has purged the
message and not "reclaimed" the space.

If SEARCH lists a file, edit the file and extract the message.
*Don't* attempt to use MAIL to extract it, since it might reclaim
the space.

Good luck !

/Eric
444.7yes, spaces are fine in folder names.VIDEO::OSMANtype video::user$7:[osman]eric.sixThu Apr 16 1987 18:307
    By the way, you CAN have spaces in a folder name:
    
    	MAIL> file "hi there"
    
    It's the quotes that allow it to work.
    
    /Eric