Jar?

[Glenn]

Not jam but I may get into a jam if I mess with
these files.

OE has a bug in sending that no one can seem to find
or fix so I have converted to Thunderbird.

They use .jar files as near as I can tell, about as
accessible as OE's dbx although not buried quit so
many layers down.

I have been reading up on jars and know less now
that when I started reading. (Seems like I remember
moonshine comes in mason jars. Maybe that is the
answer to all my problems?)

Is there a program out there that reads and maybe
converts them to text and also make them easy to
back up? Preferably to my other computer on the
router? I suppose I could just copy and paste them
to a directory on the other computer but access to
them would be nice.

They seem to like JScript files too. Need I be
concerned about them?

Glenn

 

[Bill Yerkes]

JAR = Java ARchive

It's sorta Java's equivalent of an .EXE. Therefore, don't mess. It's
what makes a given application work.

You can drill down into them with most zip file tools as JAR is just a
zip variation, but that doesn't yield much more information for you.

 

[Gary R. Schmidt]

Not jam but I may get into a jam if I mess with these files.

A .jar file is simply a .zip file with a different extension.

It is used by Java to store byte code, sort of like executable code.

Thunderbird stores messages in the standard mbox format, in files
_without_ an extension.

Go looking for the file "inbox".

Cheers,
Gary B-)

 

[Wald]

They use .jar files as near as I can tell, about as
accessible as OE's dbx although not buried quit so
many layers down.

On the contrary, JAR is a well-known format (Java ARchive indeed, like
Gary mentioned). Also, note that in this case the JAR files don't contain
any Java code, rather the XUL+JavaScript code that makes Thunderbird run.

I have been reading up on jars and know less now
that when I started reading. (Seems like I remember
moonshine comes in mason jars. Maybe that is the
answer to all my problems?)

Is there a program out there that reads and maybe
converts them to text and also make them easy to
back up? Preferably to my other computer on the
router? I suppose I could just copy and paste them
to a directory on the other computer but access to
them would be nice.

I'm getting the impression that you think your email is stored in those
JAR files? In any case, that's not true. Why would you want to backup
your JAR files?

They seem to like JScript files too. Need I be
concerned about them?

No, since that's what a large part of the ThunderBird is running on. If
you remove them, you lose your email client.

I think you're confusing some things here... is it a backup of your email
archive that you need?

Regards,
Wald

 

[The Six Million Dollar Man]

On the contrary, JAR is a well-known format (Java ARchive indeed, like
Gary mentioned). Also, note that in this case the JAR files don't contain
any Java code, rather the XUL+JavaScript code that makes Thunderbird run.




I'm getting the impression that you think your email is stored in those
JAR files? In any case, that's not true. Why would you want to backup
your JAR files?




No, since that's what a large part of the ThunderBird is running on. If
you remove them, you lose your email client.

I think you're confusing some things here... is it a backup of your email
archive that you need?

Perhaps he needs a program like MozBackup that will allow him to backup
his emails and his Thunderbird profile.

http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/


HTH

 

[Glenn]

In a word, YES.

Perhaps he needs a program like MozBackup that will allow him to backup
his emails and his Thunderbird profile.

http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/

Thanks Guys, I figured you guys would set me
straight. I was clearly wrong in what I was looking
for.

Glenn

 

[Dusty Wrinkles]

Here's a quote from a website about one version of JAR (not Java
ARchiver)...

"A new archiving program, JAR16/JAR32, was developed during 1999 to provide
state-of-the-art data compression with solid archiving techniques and new
compression algorithms. These improvements could not be added to ARJ without
introducing serious compatibility issues with older releases of ARJ.
JAR16/JAR32 compresses significantly better than ARJ for many files and
provides long filename support for both Windows 95 and Windows NT."