Hello Michael
On 04-Jun-01, you wrote:
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote at 4 Jun 2001 13:56:21 +0200
> about <[md-2] emails lost again after crash>:
>
>>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> genarally I like MD as it has most functions I need and usually works
>> quite reliable.
>>
>> Yesterday MD crashed while/after getting emails from my isp and after
>> restart not only the new mails were lost but also some old mails.
>>
>> I would like to know if there is an arexx workaroud for the missing
>> "import emails" menu to import emails from disk as the missing emails
>> are still stored in the horrible depts of the data directory.
>>
>> I there any sense in the structure of the data directory? I found
>> none.
>
> afaik it is a hash algorithm and the directory structure reflects
> that...
Yes and its structure is like Voyager's and Aweb's cache, and the file
names are about as meaningful. Why doesn't Ollie adapt Voyager's cache
browser to Microdot II?
> there are two things available:
> 1. a mailiport script: $VER: MailImport.mdrx 2.0 (17 JUN 97) by
> Charles Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> http://www.azstarnet.com/~midian/
>
> 2. i once write a little script which copies all mails in the md
> directory structure which have a change date after a specified one
> to the ram disk. in combination with 1. this is quite safe...
>
> byebye...
I used Patterson's mail import script for years under OS 3.1. Since
upgrading to OS 3.9 it gurus the machine (caught by Smart Crash)
everytime I try to open it. Any idea why?
Regards
--
Mike Leavitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] + team Amiga +
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