On Thu, 24 Apr 2014, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to mark lewis:   
      
    ml> we don't know and we don't (yet) have any clue as to why it    
    ml> happened... with my live archivial (3 years retention) setup, i    
    ml> definitely would not want to switch my main system from FE to    
    ml> FMail if it meant losing 3 years of posts...   
      
    WvV> It would be a great test case! ;)   
      
    WvV> So please try it on a backup of your message base... ;)   
      
   hahaha... IF it gets done, it won't even be done on the same machine... see   
   the following short form stats report accurate as of my last mail toss session   
   on the main system ;)   
      
   [quote]   
   JAMStat v0.10beta - Copyright 1993-2006 Mark Lewis, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED   
      
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   JAM Base Numerical Statistics   
      
   JAM Bases Located   : 262   
   Active JAM Messages : 208858   
      
   Message Bodies    .JDT : 339145523 bytes (331.197 megs)   
   Message Headers   .JHR : 120205253 bytes (117.388 megs)   
   Message Indexes   .JDX : 1670864 bytes (1.632 megs)   
   LastRead Pointers .JLR : 12880 bytes (0.013 megs)   
   =============================================================================   
   Complete Jam Base Size : 461034520 bytes (450.229 megs)   
      
   Largest Jam Area -   
     Size : [FIDO] COOKING 28512 msgs 59.375 megs   
     Msgs : [FIDO] COOKING 28512 msgs 59.375 megs   
   [/quote]   
      
   yeah, the trick, then, is how to get them off the machine in the first place   
   if i did want to do any testing and playing around...   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
   One of the great tragedies of life is the murder of a beautiful theory by a   
   gang of brutal facts. --Benjamin Franklin   
      
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