[linux-help] Re: Mozilla kept crashing....

[Jeremy Johnstone <jsjohnst@xxxxxxxxxx>]

They should have been in your user's home directory, but depending on
your setup they might possibly have been in /var/mail.

Jeremy

On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 10:18, Ironrose wrote:
> I reinstalled RedHat 9 since mozilla kept crashing.  I formatted the 
> partions except for home and backup.  Now my previous email messages are 
> gone and I am starting over.  Any ideas as to where the old emails are 
> at?  I will do some researching also.  ~Anne
> 
> Jeremy Johnstone wrote:
> 
> >I know how to fix them manually when I need to, but it would be nice to
> >have something which would do it automatically in Evo. I honestly
> >haven't look very much either though. It's on my list of things to look
> >up when I have time to spare.
> >
> >Jeremy
> >
> >On Sun, 2003-09-07 at 19:58, ironrose wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>I have many stored emails in folders and subfolders that I need to keep. 
> >> I will check out the conversion.  Good luck with the TNEF encoded (M$ 
> >>mime encapsulated) attachments?  I get most of my emails from people who 
> >>use M$ and some are an attachment of an attachment.....sometimes 12 or 
> >>14 layers deep.  I don't know why they forward attachments that way.  ~Anne
> >>
> >>Jeremy Johnstone wrote:
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>I moved all of my from Kmail to Evolution without to much trouble, so
> >>>hopefully the same will hold true for Mozilla. I had about 70,000 emails
> >>>which I moved over and still have in Evo, so I think 120 won't phase it
> >>>a bit. I have folder's with over 10k emails in them and it is still
> >>>extremely snappy and searches are near instantaneous. Now if only it
> >>>handled TNEF encoded attachments I would be in heaven.
> >>>
> >>>Jeremy
> >>>
> >>>On Sun, 2003-09-07 at 17:54, ironrose wrote:
> >>> 
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>I will check into that and I will see if I can get all of my current 
> >>>>emails that I am saving over to Evolution.  Thanks.  ~Anne
> >>>>
> >>>>Jeremy Johnstone wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>   
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>>>Try switching to Ximian Evolution. You won't regret it!
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Jeremy
> >>>>>
> >>>>>On Sun, 2003-09-07 at 17:38, ironrose wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>     
> >>>>>
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>I don't think that the SoBig virus has any effect on linux systems.  
> >>>>>>For 
> >>>>>>those of us who use linux to get our email, we should be safe.  It adds 
> >>>>>>some extra motivation to switch to linux.  Good luck with windoze and I 
> >>>>>>am very glad that I have alternate computers with an alternate OS that 
> >>>>>>I 
> >>>>>>can surf the internet with.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>My mozilla is crashing frequently since I upgraded to RedHat 9 and it 
> >>>>>>may be because I have ~120 unread messages.  I keep trying to read the 
> >>>>>>messages and it is crashing just about everytime I try to delete some 
> >>>>>>emails.  I have to delete the emails one at a time and after about 5 
> >>>>>>that I delete, moxilla crashes again.  Everytime it crashes, then I get 
> >>>>>>another duplicate of the emails and is compounding the problem.  
> >>>>>>Mozilla 
> >>>>>>apparently doesn't like being constipated with emails.  No OS is immune 
> >>>>>>to problems, but at least mine is an email problem and not crashing the 
> >>>>>>OS.  ~Anne
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>David E Carmichael wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>  
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>       
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>            
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>To All:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>I use Norton AV with email scanning to catch any virus..
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>If you know how the "SOBIG" viruses work.. they randomly choose a
> >>>>>>>name from the users address book and then sends out emails as if
> >>>>>>>that user was the sender.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>After getting the below message I made sure that I had the latest
> >>>>>>>version of NortnAV and rescanned my system.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Please make sure that you have your Antivirus up to date and that
> >>>>>>>your system is not infected!!
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>----- Original Message ----- 
> >>>>>>>From: <firewallteam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>>>>To: <dec2955@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>>>>Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 3:20 PM
> >>>>>>>Subject: Virus found in your message Thank you!
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>    
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>         
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>              
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>A malicious mobile code (virus) has been detected in your mail.
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>      
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>           
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>                
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>This could
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>    
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>         
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>              
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>mean that your computer is infected.
> >>>>>>>>The mail you sent has not been delivered.
> >>>>>>>>The virus is known as Scenarios/Incoming/Accept mail:
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>      
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>           
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>                
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>'Selected'.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>    
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>         
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>              
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>Scenarios/Incoming/Incoming Virus: A virus has been detected:
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>      
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>           
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>                
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>'W32/Sobig-F'.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>    
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>         
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>              
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>Scenarios/Incoming/Virus file *.PIF found: A filename matching
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>      
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>           
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>                
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>the file mask was detected: 'your_document.pif'.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>    
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>         
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>              
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>This event has been logged and reported to our administrators.
> >>>>>>>>Contact your local staff for info about cleaning your system.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>
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> >>>>>>>>                
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