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RE: [SLE] Where might IMAP mail have gone?
  • From: "Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:01:42 +0200 (CEST)
  • Message-id: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0606292352180.12087@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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The Thursday 2006-06-29 at 15:04 -0400, mlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> > You might want to check the hard disk of OS X, to make sure
> > Mail hasn't
> > downloaded the email and then deleted them from the server
>
> Eeek.
> I thought the point of IMAP was to keep the mail on
> the server and manage it there, rather than
> on local machines (that was why I wanted it, anyway).
> Mac users must be a weird bunch if they'd default to
> wiping server-held mail a-la POP3.

Even mozilla can do that. I do that with fetchmail myself, my current
provider has imap.

So, you should certainly look there, just in case your mail is there.


> I had Konq set to "show hidden files" when I was looking,
> but of course I only looked in places I thought likely.
>
> Maybe I'll try searching from the command line for
> ???????????????????????????.???? unless somebody
> has a more useful pattern to use for Maildir files?


Try using midnight comander (mc). It can search for files anywhere with a
certain content. You can search for files containing your address or your
signature.

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Cheers,
Carlos Robinson
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