Alan Pope wrote:
> 2009/9/27 Sean Gibbins <sean@???>:
>
>> Fortunately all of his data was recovered and most of it has been
>> restored, all apart from mail stored on the local disk in fact. To get
>> this back I am guessing that I can either install the same mail client
>> that Linpus Lite uses on another machine, or run up Linpus Lite on a
>> virtual machine, and then push it back to the IMAP mail server.
>>
>>
>
> Surely a quick poke around ~/.* folders recovered from the machine
> will reveal which mail client is in use?
>
I found what appears to be his local mail folders in .AME, and judging
by the moz_profile folder therein this might be to be a reworking of
Thunderbird of some sort, although how directly compatible it is with
regular full-flavour Thunderbird is anyone's guess.
> if you find ./mozilla with a profile containing mail stuffs then that's a hit.
>
> http://ftp.twaren.net/Linux/Linpus/
>
> Might also be handy.
>
> Specifically http://ftp.twaren.net/Linux/Linpus/LinpusLite.iso
That'll do nicely thanks Al!
Your google fu is strong where mine is obviously weak this weekend: I
became very frustrated with the main Linpus site and also increasingly
dubious of the various torrents dotted around elsewhere, before finally
resorting to the well-spring of knowledge that is HantsLUG mailing list!
Cheers,
Sean
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