Ray_Net wrote:
Daniel Barclay wrote:
Ray_Net wrote:
Beverly Howard wrote:
>> if the folder is re-created uncompacted - there is not an easy way
to recover an old message <<
...
These SM "folders" are actually files that can be opened with a text
editor.
...
you can then search the file contents for something in the message or
header, then copy the message and paste and access it elsewhere.
If the file has an attachment, it will be in mime format and follow the
message header and message text. The mime can be copied to a new text
file, saved and then decoded with a utility such as uuDeview
Hope that this information is of value.
Yes ... but not an easy way :-)
Remember that the easy way (once you know how to edit the file without
making any unintentional changes) is to find the "X-Mozilla-Status: ...."
line for the appropriate message and change the fourth digit of the
hexadecimal status code
from '8' to '0',
from '9' to '1',
from 'a' to '2',
from 'b' to '3',
from 'c' to '4',
from 'd' to '5',
from 'e' to '6', or
from 'f' to '7'.
Daniel
Do you mean that i must change d8af to 5027 ?
No; that would be changing all four digits of the hexadecimal status
code. Change only the _fourth_ digit (fourth from the left, or last).
(When I wrote "digit" I did mean "digit" (and not "bit"). Of course,
if you do want to think in terms of bits: clear the 0x0008 bit, the
fourth-least-significant bit, bit number three in little-endian
numbering starting at zero).))
For example, if you see a message with this:
X-Mozilla-Status: 0009
(which indicates that the message was marked as read and that the copy
of the message was deleted from the file/mail folder), change it to
this:
X-Mozilla-Status: 0001
to undelete that copy of the message.
(Actually, simply setting the status to 0000 might be sufficient, but
that would cause SeaMonkey to forget whether the message was marked
as read and some other things--some of which don't matter, but some of
which might.)
Daniel
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