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

[Anne McCadden <ironrose@xxxxxxx>]

I created a new user when I did the install and that user has all the 
emails.  I changed to that user and wow, the emails are back.  Silly me, 
trying new things and getting confused.   :-[
~Anne

Jeremy Johnstone wrote:

>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:
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>>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:
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>>>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:
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>>>
>>>>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:
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>>>>>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:
>>>>>
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>>>>>>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:
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>Try switching to Ximian Evolution. You won't regret it!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Jeremy
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Sun, 2003-09-07 at 17:38, ironrose wrote:
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>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:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>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!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>   
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>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>                  
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>A malicious mobile code (virus) has been detected in your mail.
>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>                    
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>This could
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>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>                  
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>mean that your computer is infected.
>>>>>>>>>>The mail you sent has not been delivered.
>>>>>>>>>>The virus is known as Scenarios/Incoming/Accept mail:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>                    
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>'Selected'.
>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>                  
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Scenarios/Incoming/Incoming Virus: A virus has been detected:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>     
>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>                    
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>'W32/Sobig-F'.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>                  
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Scenarios/Incoming/Virus file *.PIF found: A filename matching
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>                    
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>the file mask was detected: 'your_document.pif'.
>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>This event has been logged and reported to our administrators.
>>>>>>>>>>Contact your local staff for info about cleaning your system.
>>>>>>>>>>
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