[pmmail-list] alright, I've had enough ...

[Ralph Cohen]

Hi,

I think it's important for people to understand that the single file
created by Thunderbird is just a simple text file that can be opened
and read with any text editor.

Ralph

On Sun, 15 May 2005 17:38:12 +0100, prog@lomascentral.com wrote:

>Robert,
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>Any file can get corrupted, I had problems with a thunderbird file a few 
>weeks ago, had to correct it manually.
>
>Tim
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>Robert Dahlem wrote:
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>> On 15.05.2005 06:08, Rod Whitworth wrote:
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>>>>You won't be sorry if you change.
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>>>Unless something ever corrupts your mbox or an anti-virus thingy
>>>"deletes the infected file" which is your mbox.
>> 
>> 
>> Urban myth, dangerous smattering.
>> 
>> Never saw a corrupted mbox in 20 years. There is no simpler format and
>> it hasn't the main drawback of one-file-per-message-format: snail's pace.
>> 
>> When mentioning mailbox corruption: are you're possibly talking about
>> Outlook's PST?
>> 
>> Regards,
>>         Robert
>> 
>> 
>> 
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