Subject: Undeleting?

From: Mark Burnell <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 15:39:44 -600 (CST)

Pine,
	I'm trying to find out how to retreive a message that was accidentally
deleted.  I read the FAQ, and I downloaded the http://www.cac.washington.edu
/pine  document, but I haven't found the answer yet.  Please respond, because
I need to know if I can get the message back.

Thank You,  Mark Burnell

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From: Mike Brudenell <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 09:38:13 +0000 (GMT)

If the message has simply been *marked for delete* (by using the "D" key) 
*and* hasn't yet been expunged (permanently deleted) by either quitting 
Pine, using the "X" command, or closing the mail folder to open another....

....then you can remove the "marked for delete" mark by 
reading/highlightimh the message and using the "U" (Undelete) key.  (It's 
shown in the menu at the bottom of the screen.)

HOWEVER....

If the mail folder has been expunged then the message is gone forever 
from the file in which your messages are stored.  It's just the same as 
if you remove a file on UNIX by typing "rm filename" -- it has gone.

In this case your only hope is to go and be exceedingly nice to your 
systems administrator and see if they may be able to restore the file 
from a recent backup of the computer.  This relies on them having taken a 
backup whilst the message existed in your mail file; if they didn't (say 
because you deleted the message soon after it arrived) then it is gone 
for good.

Your last hope would be to contact the sender and ask if they could send 
you the message again.

Mike Brudenell                                         <[email-masked]>
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