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List:       mhonarc
Subject:    Re: Corrupt index file
From:       Earl Hood <ehood () hydra ! acs ! uci ! edu>
Date:       1997-10-27 22:14:44
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> I checked out the FAQ but hoped that there was maybe an updated answer to
> this question.  I'm running Mhonarc 2.1.0.  One of my mail archives has
> become corrupt ie. the index file is just being repeated with each new
> message and so grows and grows.  I do not have the original mail messages
> to fall back on, just the msg files.
> 
> So, what causes this problem?  Can I manually edit the .mhonarcdb/index files
> to fix it?

You can, but you really need to know what you are doing and need an
editor that can handle control characters.

> Can I rebuild from msg files? Help.

Have you looked at
(http://www.oac.uci.edu/indiv/ehood/MHonArc/faq/archives.html#reconstruct)?

	--ewh

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