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Mr Admin
Hello folks,
I really need help and assistance! I may have lost someone's MSN mail
and I need to recover it if at all possible. For various reasons I
will be vague here and I'm posting semi-anonymously. However, the
person who can help me by furnishing the most fruitful advice, links,
or whatever I will e-mail and paypal $100 (I will base my descision on
the responses I have recieved by Monday night).
OK, that said, here is what I need to know:
1) Where can I get old versions of MSN software to install/test/tweak
for diagnostics and troubleshooting?
2) For each version of MSN, from 5 and 6 onwards, what folders,
tempfiles, registry keys, etc are created (even if they are
immediately deleted) during upgrades and fresh installs of that
version of MSN. The key idea here is I need to know what is done with
the e-mail messages during a MSN upgrade. Where are they put. How are
they converted? What are they called at each stage, etc.
3) What the hell are .000 files and how can I re-populate an inbox
with files in this form. The directory I found that contains these
files has four main types of files a) a .log file whose name I can't
remember at the moment b) an index file (no extension) c) an
index.main file and d) individual e-mails in some format ending in
".000". The log file has references to the e-mail folders, their
message count, etc., which jive with the pre-screw-up
state-of-affairs.
If anyone has an MSDN license and can talk to an MS rep. that might
help me some. My main problem is the total information overload of the
internet. I need help asap or I'm history, dust. Please don't post any
remarks like "you should have done" such and such. I'm already aware
of what I should have done and what needs to be done in the future.
I really need help and assistance! I may have lost someone's MSN mail
and I need to recover it if at all possible. For various reasons I
will be vague here and I'm posting semi-anonymously. However, the
person who can help me by furnishing the most fruitful advice, links,
or whatever I will e-mail and paypal $100 (I will base my descision on
the responses I have recieved by Monday night).
OK, that said, here is what I need to know:
1) Where can I get old versions of MSN software to install/test/tweak
for diagnostics and troubleshooting?
2) For each version of MSN, from 5 and 6 onwards, what folders,
tempfiles, registry keys, etc are created (even if they are
immediately deleted) during upgrades and fresh installs of that
version of MSN. The key idea here is I need to know what is done with
the e-mail messages during a MSN upgrade. Where are they put. How are
they converted? What are they called at each stage, etc.
3) What the hell are .000 files and how can I re-populate an inbox
with files in this form. The directory I found that contains these
files has four main types of files a) a .log file whose name I can't
remember at the moment b) an index file (no extension) c) an
index.main file and d) individual e-mails in some format ending in
".000". The log file has references to the e-mail folders, their
message count, etc., which jive with the pre-screw-up
state-of-affairs.
If anyone has an MSDN license and can talk to an MS rep. that might
help me some. My main problem is the total information overload of the
internet. I need help asap or I'm history, dust. Please don't post any
remarks like "you should have done" such and such. I'm already aware
of what I should have done and what needs to be done in the future.