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

[prog@lomascentral.com]

Ralph,

Absolutely, most problems with it can be solved with a text editor, a 
little knowledge of the file format (ie what the message header line 
looks like) and in  the case of an editor with a good search and replace 
mechanism.

If the worst comes to the worst you can open it in notepad and read your 
email from there :-)

Tim

Ralph Cohen wrote:
> 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,
>>
>>Any file can get corrupted, I had problems with a thunderbird file a few 
>>weeks ago, had to correct it manually.
>>
>>Tim
>>
>>Robert Dahlem wrote:
>>
>>>On 15.05.2005 06:08, Rod Whitworth wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>You won't be sorry if you change.
>>>
>>>
>>>>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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