[H-GEN] Mailbox files

[Christopher Biggs]

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"Marshall, Joshua" <MarshallJ at switch.aust.com> moved upon the face of the 'Net and spake thusly:

> [ Humbug *General* list - semi-serious discussions about Humbug and ]
> [ Unix-related topics.  Please observe the list's charter.          ]
> 
> I have some mail box files (in /var/spool/mail) that are corrupted. I'm
> wondering if there's a way I can repair them (They're about 6Mb each)
> instead of just deleting them. I'm running Sendmail.
> 
> Anyone know of a solution to this?

Corrupted how?  Missing message boundaries?   

Try "formail -ds <brokenbox >newbox"

cjb
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