Subject: All data lost...

From: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 13:56:13 -0700 (PDT)

Dear people from Pine,

Last week my Inbox had a message with subject like "Do not delete this
message!", but I delete it and... ALL my data is lost!

Can I retrieve this data? Is this a normal message or a mail bomb?

Please, help me!
Carlos

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From: Edward M Greshko <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 06:34:38 +0800 (GMT)

> Dear people from Pine,

Is that like "Dear people from Mars"?

> message!", but I delete it and... ALL my data is lost!

What means, "All my data is lost"?

Does it mean that all your email is gone?  Did it all vanish as the same
time you deleted that message?  Did it vanish some time later?
Be more specific.
 
> Can I retrieve this data? Is this a normal message or a mail bomb?

You will have to ask your service provider if your lost email (or
whatever) has been "backed up".

BTW, the message you deleted is a "somewhat normal" message.  It is a
marker message placed there by the IMAP server on the system.  Next
time, don't delete it.

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                                   Control Data Asia/Pacific Region
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