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Date:      06 Feb 2003 09:02:17 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com>
To:        Willie Viljoen <will@unfoldings.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Recovering deleted mail from a mailbox
Message-ID:  <44k7gdo6c6.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <200302042259.07319.will@unfoldings.net>
References:  <200302042259.07319.will@unfoldings.net>

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Willie Viljoen <will@unfoldings.net> writes:

> This is a shot in the dark, but I'll try it anyway. Mail has been 
> (mysteriously) deleted from a mailbox in /var/mail. rm -W does not help. 
> Does anyone know of any method (third party software included) that can be 
> used to attempt to recover the mail from the file system?

It could depend on exactly how the mail managed to disappear, but in
general it's pretty unlikely.  Especially in a busy mail directory.

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