I know that itis is plain text, and I can read everything. The info you gave me about the status code is the kind of info I need. I will look for what you said. If you know of any other source for mor of such forat info, I would be grateful.
Thanks, vic Parish wrote: > victor levadi wrote: > > The first thing that I tried was deleting the inbox.snm file. In the past, > > Netscape would regenerate the file. Today the program reads the inbox file, > > but apparently only recognizes that one message at the end. Additional > > messages can be added at the end of that file. Removing the new messages > > leaves a very large file will all the old messages in it, but Netscape > > doesn't recognize them. > > > > Any suggestions? My last resort is to get a definition of the file format > > and see if that will provide enough information to repair the file. > > > > Have all the messages that have disappeared re-appeared in your Trash > folder? > > I'm wondering if you've somehow deleted them all. When you delete a > message it just gets *flagged* as deleted and copied to Trash - the > message still exists in your Inbox. > > Open your Inbox in an editor (make a backup copy first) and look for > lines beginning ``X-Mozilla-Status:'' > > I don't know all the codes, but 0000 = unread, 0001 = read, 0009 = deleted. > > BTW, if you edit the file and save it make sure you delete the index file. > > As to the file format it is Unix mbox, i.e. plain text, just think of > the problems you'd have if it was in Outlook's proprietry binary format! > > HTH > > Regards, > > Parish > HTH > > > Any help will be appreciated > > > > vic > > > > victor levadi wrote: > > > >> I have a very large mail file in 4.7, which Netscape has stopped > >> displaying. I must have been careless in moving the file. There are more > >> than a thousand messages in this file, and I want to be able to keep > >> them in the Netscape mail file system with all of the other filed > >> messages. I could write a script to extract all of the messages and > >> header info, but that won't allow me to file the messages in the > >> Nestcape file system. > >> > >> I have looked at the file and I can see no obvious irregularity. The > >> file begins with "From - " and ends with OA OD .OA OD. Netscape appears > >> to read the file, but not display it in the Inbox window. One new > >> message was received and netscape appended it to the file. This new > >> message is displayed. > >> > >> Can someone enlighten me about the format for the mail file so that I > >> can patch the current file, even if it means losing a message at the > >> beginning or end, although both ends of the file look "clean", before > >> and after Netscape added the new message. I've tried taking one or two > >> individual messages from the large file, but can't get them to display. > >> Can someone tell me where to get the specs for the inbox file? > >> > >> I'm overlooking something, and I need help ASAP. > >> > >> Vic > > > > > > -- > Software is like sex, it's better when it's free -Linus Torvalds
