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Re: dat & msf versus mbox

From Bears <Bears@invalid.com>
Newsgroups alt.comp.software.thunderbird
Subject Re: dat & msf versus mbox
Date 2021-07-14 18:55 -0400
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <scnq12$3lp$2@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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On 7/14/21 5:58 PM, this is what WaltS48 wrote:
> On 7/14/21 5:31 PM, Bill Bradshaw wrote:
>> First you are going to look and ask why I am posting from Outlook Express.
>> I just like OE best because it is so simple (I am not simple!!).  I do have
>> Thunderbird 89.0b4 installed.  I imported OE messages using an old version
>> of TB that would import OE messages and newsgroups.  They imported as dat
>> and msf files instead of mbox.  Why and what is the difference and does it
>> make any difference?
> 
> .msf is mbox
> 
And don't quote me but I know one contains the data and one is an index?!  I've heard some people on newsgroups say just delete one and TB 
will rebuild the other.   Obviously the intent was to blow away the index.

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dat & msf versus mbox "Bill Bradshaw" <bradshaw@gci.net> - 2021-07-14 13:31 -0800
  Re: dat & msf versus mbox WaltS48 <schw01@invalid.net> - 2021-07-14 17:58 -0400
    Re: dat & msf versus mbox "Bill Bradshaw" <bradshaw@gci.net> - 2021-07-14 14:05 -0800
    Re: dat & msf versus mbox Bears <Bears@invalid.com> - 2021-07-14 18:55 -0400
      Re: dat & msf versus mbox Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2021-07-14 19:45 -0400
  Re: dat & msf versus mbox Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2021-07-15 12:03 -0700
    Re: dat & msf versus mbox Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2021-07-15 13:57 -0700
      Re: dat & msf versus mbox Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2021-07-15 14:53 -0700
      Re: dat & msf versus mbox "Bill Bradshaw" <bradshaw@gci.net> - 2021-07-15 14:02 -0800
        Re: dat & msf versus mbox Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2021-07-15 15:36 -0700

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