On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:35:26 +0800
"CL" <cl@screamx.com> wrote:

> Dear Sir,
> I accidentally deleted my company inbox mail directory (SendMail). Is there
> a simple way to recover it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_recovery
http://foremost.sourceforge.net/
http://servers.linux.com/servers/06/...tid=119&tid=13

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M.

On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:04:23 -0800, Chris Sorenson wrote:

> I have had excellent results using stellar's data recovery solutions:
>
> http://www.stellarinfo.com/linux-data-recovery.htm
>
> It is non-free, but in my opinion well worth the price...

Why would anyone create Windows-only software to recover data
from a predominantly Linux-centric filesystem that is, for all practical
purposes, never used under Windows? Why not ship a Linux version, even
(preferably?) without any bells and whistles in the way of a GUI?

CL wrote:
> Dear Sir,
> I accidentally deleted my company inbox mail directory (SendMail). Is there
> a simple way to recover it? I am quite new to Linux. Your help is very much
> appreciated.
>
> Thank & Regards,
> CL
>
>
I don't want to get your hopes up too much since my knowledge of Linux
is sadly out of date, but let me ask:
What flavour of Linux are you using? Does it have a trashcan feature?
If it does AND depending on how you deleted, there may be stuff in the
trashcan that can be restored.

In either case, if your company has computer support staff, get them
involved. They will probably know what can be done and/or if there is
another source for some or all of those email messages.
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Toronto, Ontario

Dan C wrote:
>
.... snip ...
>
>> X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700
>
> I'd recommend you use this command: format C: /u /y

Don't publish untested commands.

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<http://cbfalconer.home.att.net>


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On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:58:23 +0800, CL wrote:

> YAHSPLU (Yet another helpless self proud Linux user)

Helpless? My systems work fine, unlike yours. Who's the helpless one?

Fuck off you clueless, ignorant, top-posting win-droid.

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"Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me".

On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 23:25:35 -0800, Chris Sorenson wrote:

>> I'd recommend you use this command: format C: /u /y

> Dude, I find it somewhat alarming that you actually KNOW THAT SYNTAX!
>
> Hopefully, you had to look it up. Which, come to think of it, would
> also be somewhat alarming...

Nah, didn't have to look it up. It's ingrained in me from the DOS days
(long before Windoze showed up). Some things you never forget.

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"Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me".

On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:35:26 +0800, CL wrote:

> Dear Sir,
> I accidentally deleted my company inbox mail directory (SendMail). Is there
> a simple way to recover it? I am quite new to Linux. Your help is very much
> appreciated.
>
> Thank & Regards,
> CL

Restore from your backup.

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On 2007-03-21, CL <cl@screamx.com> wrote:
> Dear Sir,

Not everyone here is a "sir".

> I accidentally deleted my company inbox mail directory (SendMail). Is there
> a simple way to recover it? I am quite new to Linux. Your help is very much
> appreciated.

Ouch....

Quick word of advice: never run as root unless absolutely necessary.
Use sudo to execute individual commands with root privilages and you
may not have this problem again.

Now, the first thing to do is unmount the partition that those files
were stored on. If that partition is /, then shutdown the system.

Second, I would encourage you to make a byte-for-byte backup of that
partition using dd. Something like:

dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/some/file

If you bork that partition with recovery tools, you can restore the
partition to its exact 1s and 0s with:

dd if=/some/file of=/dev/sda1

As for what tool to use to recover lost data? Well, I've never had to
do that on ext2/3 file systems, so I couldn't say. However, there are
many excellent tools out there and a quick google should get things
going for you once again.

And oh, btw, make backups!

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It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise,
Than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7:5
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Stanislaw Flatto <flatto@brownbear.com.au> wrote:

> For many of us it was computer kindergarten, till we were kicked
> out by Win95 and its Mafia of wizards. So we found easy refuge in
> Slackware. Life is simple again.

We were "kicked out" when we finally decided to stop stealing
software.

Actually we have only paid for 2 OS in our life; Apple Prodos and
OS/2 4.0.

cordially, as always,

rm

rm@biteme.org wrote:
> Stanislaw Flatto <flatto@brownbear.com.au> wrote:
>
>
>>For many of us it was computer kindergarten, till we were kicked
>>out by Win95 and its Mafia of wizards. So we found easy refuge in
>>Slackware. Life is simple again.
>
>
> We were "kicked out" when we finally decided to stop stealing
> software.

Did _we_? LOL.
>
> Actually we have only paid for 2 OS in our life; Apple Prodos and
> OS/2 4.0.
>
> cordially, as always,
>
> rm