-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/06/08 00:33, s. keeling wrote: > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> On 02/05/08 22:27, s. keeling wrote: >>> Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>>> On 05/02/2008, BartlebyScrivener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> On Feb 4, 5:20 pm, "Steve Lamb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > It all depends on the work habits of the individual user. >>>>> >>>>> Well, you can say that about anything, right? The OP asked what >>>>> he was missing, so he's soliciting the opinions of people with >>>>> different work habits. >>>> Exactly. I asked because I'm certain that there are those with >>>> more experience and more efficient workflows than myself. So I >>>> ask. >>> I come from the dark ages. For me, it's important that the tools >>> I use write files that anything can deal with, not just the app >>> which created them. Mutt handles any standard form of mail box >>> format, including on_some_other_server(don't much care how), >>> aka. imap. >>> >>> The guis, in my experience, save in their own format (If you let >>> them? >> That's just not true. >> >> Well, ok, it's *partially* true: Outlook stores mail in a >> But Netscape and it's descendants all use mbox as the native format, > > As you're well aware :-), Lookout! doesn't count here. > > I was thinking tbird. I recently tried to help a noob slurp in his > old tbird mails. Are you saying that data file was mbox?!? It looked > binary to me.
The folder itself is mbox, but "subsidiary" data (I think they are indexed files to help NS quickly display huge mbox files in thread mode) is some weird abortion. Delete the .msf files and when you next restart NS it will auto- regenerate them. Displaying threaded emails on screen will be paused until NS can scan the mbox file and build the .msf file. $ pwd /home/me/.mozilla-thunderbird/amkrqh06.default/Mail/Local Folders In this directory, files like Sent are in mbox format. $ ls -l total 84 - -rw------- 1 me me 0 Jan 3 13:57 Drafts - -rw-r--r-- 1 me me 1725 Feb 6 06:48 Drafts.msf - -rw------- 1 me me 0 Jun 17 2007 Inbox - -rw-r--r-- 1 me me 1847 Feb 6 06:48 Inbox.msf - -rw-r--r-- 1 me me 1290 Dec 11 2006 Junk.msf - -rw------- 1 me me 40656 Jan 27 03:51 Sent - -rw-r--r-- 1 me me 3283 Feb 6 06:48 Sent.msf - -rw-r--r-- 1 me me 1202 Mar 4 2007 Templates.msf - -rw------- 1 me me 0 Jan 3 13:57 Trash - -rw-r--r-- 1 me me 1524 Feb 6 06:48 Trash.msf - -rw------- 1 me me 0 Oct 10 06:47 Unsent Messages - -rw-r--r-- 1 me me 2165 Feb 6 06:49 Unsent Messages.msf - -rw------- 1 me me 0 Oct 19 2006 ham - -rw-r--r-- 1 me me 1512 Feb 6 06:48 ham.msf - -rw------- 1 me me 25 Jan 13 01:34 msgFilterRules.dat - -rw------- 1 me me 0 Oct 19 2006 spam - -rw-r--r-- 1 me me 1830 Feb 6 06:48 spam.msf - -rw------- 1 me me 0 Jan 3 13:57 temp - -rw-r--r-- 1 me me 1728 Feb 6 06:48 temp.msf >> PETA - People Eating Tasty Animals > > ACK! - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA PETA - People Eating Tasty Animals -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHqa5JS9HxQb37XmcRAtXGAKDKv08d9aYght6sdzR6l0R7dwUvXgCg7Xx8 O3ai+87jAvPHb2bGs7vVyDk= =ohSm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
