On 27/07/2017 21:21, Rob Steinmetz wrote: > Daniel wrote: >> On 27/07/2017 7:33 AM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote: >>> Rob Steinmetz wrote: >>> >>>> WaltS48 wrote: >>>>> On 7/26/17 12:51 PM, EE wrote: >>>>>> Rob Steinmetz wrote: >>>>>>> Is there a message undelete add on that works with SeaMonkey? >>>>> >>>>>> You can move a message from the trash to another folder. >>>>> >>>>> What do they do if it isn't in the trash? >>>>> >>>>> Is it an email or newsgroup message? >>>>> >>>> In this case it is an email message that has been moved to another >>>> folder and the other folder is not showing the message. We're not >>>> sure what is going on. It may be the folder's index is corrupt and >>>> can be fixed. or the message may be lost. I was looking for an >>>> undelete before I tried anything else and lost the messages >>>> completely. >>> >>> First check adjacent folders in the list -- I can't count the number of >>> times I've dragged and dropped a message into an adjacent folder by >>> mistake and couldn't find it because it wasn't where I thought I'd put >>> it. >>> >>> Failing that, close SM and delete the .msf (index) file for the folder >>> in question. When you restart SeaMonkey, it'll build a new one. If the >>> message appears, you're done. If not, post back; you may be able to >>> recover it manually from the file but that's complicated. >>> >>> In the interim, if SM offers to compact folders, be sure to refuse. If >>> it does, you'll lose all hope of recovery. And if you have it set to >>> compact folders automatically without asking, disable that feature. >>> >>> Edit | Preferences | Mail & Newsgroups | Network & Storage >>> [ ] Compact all folders when it will save over nn MB in total >>> >> I, also, have dragged and dropped into the wrong folder and had to go >> looking ... and finding and re-moving to the correct file. >> >> Second thing for OP Rob to try ..... SeaMonkey stores it messages in one >> file (e.g. inbox, sent, etc) and then has an associated index file (e.g. >> inbox.msf, sent.msf). >> >> If you close SeaMonkey and then delete all the *.msf files, when you >> re-start SeaMonkey and address each folder in your profile, a new *.msf >> file will be created for each folder in your profile (e.g. new >> inbox.msf, sent.msf, whatever.msf, etc.) and, if your missing e-mail is >> in any of the mail folders, it should show up. >> >> Note:because you have not touched the actual files which hold your mail >> (inbox, sent, whatever, etc), your mail should not be lost!! >> > Thanks for All of the suggestions. I'm pretty much aware of all of them. > > In my experience email properly marked as deleted in the MBOX file will > not show up if a new index is created. It will show up if the index is > somehow corrupt. > > I did find this add on for Thunderbird: > >> RECOVER DELETED MESSAGES: an extension that allows to recover deleted >> messages, if the folder has not been compacted yet. To use it, select the >> folder, right-click and choose "Recover deleted messages", then follow the >> messages in status bar. >> From the 0.2 version it should be able also to recover deleted messages from >> Imap folders, if they're set for offline use. >> Localized in english and italian. >> latest: 0.4 version (TB - compatibile 2.0 or higher) > > I was hoping something similar was available for Sea Monkey. I'll > probably try to convert it to SeaMonkey and try it out.
Did you try opening the source mbox with a text editor? If you haven't compacted the mbox, the message should be there with a tag indicating it is deleted. Regards. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
