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Date:      Thu, 28 Feb 2002 17:47:22 -0700
From:      Joe Warner <rootman22@attbi.com>
To:        Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be>
Cc:        FreeBSD Chat Mailing List <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Recovering Lotus Notes e-mail archive?
Message-ID:  <3C7ECF99.D583D5CB@attbi.com>
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Brad,

If you give me a little time, I can run your problem by our
Lotus Notes administrator where I work and have an answer
or possible solution for you tomorrow.

Thanks

Joe





Brad Knowles wrote:

> Folks,
>
>         I know that this is a somewhat strange question to ask on this
> list, but I'm wondering if anyone here is familiar with Lotus Notes?
>
>         It seems that my wife has been religiously archiving off her old
> mail, but what she didn't know was that when the archive database was
> created, it was given an expiration date.  That date has now passed,
> and all the archived data appears to be gone.
>
>         So far as we can tell, the data is actually still there (the
> database file is still 955MB in size and hasn't gone down in size),
> it's just that Notes refuses to show it.  Is there any way you know
> of to recover this data, and then copy it to another database that
> doesn't have an expiration date?
>
>         I've advised her that the first thing to do is to copy the
> database file to a backup, and make sure that backup is secure.
> Unfortunately, the database file has been accessed multiple times
> since she first discovered the problem, but so far as I know, no
> further messages have been "deleted", and the database certainly
> hasn't been compacted.
>
>         Thanks!
>
> --
> Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be>
>
> Do you hate Microsoft?  Do you hate Outlook?  Then visit the Anti-Outlook
> page at <http://www.rodos.net/outlook/>; and see how much fun you can have.
>
> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
>      -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania.
>
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--
Joe Warner
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Brad,
<p>If you give me a little time, I can run your problem by our
<br>Lotus Notes administrator where I work and have an answer
<br>or possible solution for you tomorrow.
<p>Thanks
<p>Joe
<br>&nbsp;
<br>&nbsp;
<br>&nbsp;
<br>&nbsp;
<p>Brad Knowles wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Folks,
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I know that this is a somewhat
strange question to ask on this
<br>list, but I'm wondering if anyone here is familiar with Lotus Notes?
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It seems that my wife has
been religiously archiving off her old
<br>mail, but what she didn't know was that when the archive database was
<br>created, it was given an expiration date.&nbsp; That date has now passed,
<br>and all the archived data appears to be gone.
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; So far as we can tell, the
data is actually still there (the
<br>database file is still 955MB in size and hasn't gone down in size),
<br>it's just that Notes refuses to show it.&nbsp; Is there any way you
know
<br>of to recover this data, and then copy it to another database that
<br>doesn't have an expiration date?
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I've advised her that the
first thing to do is to copy the
<br>database file to a backup, and make sure that backup is secure.
<br>Unfortunately, the database file has been accessed multiple times
<br>since she first discovered the problem, but so far as I know, no
<br>further messages have been "deleted", and the database certainly
<br>hasn't been compacted.
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thanks!
<p>--
<br>Brad Knowles, &lt;brad.knowles@skynet.be>
<p>Do you hate Microsoft?&nbsp; Do you hate Outlook?&nbsp; Then visit the
Anti-Outlook
<br>page at &lt;<a href="http://www.rodos.net/outlook/">http://www.rodos.net/outlook/</a>>;
and see how much fun you can have.
<p>"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
<br>safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania.
<p>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
<br>with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message</blockquote>

<pre>--&nbsp;
Joe Warner
Daemon News
Daemon News E-Zine <A HREF="http://www.daemonnews.org">http://www.daemonnews.org</A>;
Print Magazine <A HREF="http://magazine.daemonnews.org/">http://magazine.daemonnews.org/</A>;
BSDMall <A HREF="http://www.bsdmall.com">http://www.bsdmall.com</A></pre>;
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