Do not panic, DO NOT PANIC!

[Nataly 38]

Hum... I had set up an Exchange email with my Mac Mail app... To save space, I deleted this account and everything that was stored on the server... So my (work) Outlook inbox is now TOTALLY empty. Nothing in archive, either. Oh dear.

I am *trying* not to panic... Our IT guru is on the case. I am torn between wanting to cry at my own stupidity and wanting to laugh because until it's resolved I can't do ANY work!!!

"There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse."
- Chris Hadfield
« Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. »
- my boss

[airdvr 200]

Here in the stated there's a new law that requires that stuff to be backed up. Prolly won't be of much help to you tho.

Please don't dent the planet.

Destinations by Roxanne

[IanHarrop 37]

I imagine they have a backup and you know what they say:

Backups never fail...

... its the restore that fails

"Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

[Remster 26]

Your work _should_ have backups.

Remster

[ryoder 1,412]

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I imagine they have a backup and you know what they say:

Backups never fail...

... its the restore that fails

That was exactly what happened at one corporation where I worked. They threw huge amount of money and staff at their "backup solution". Yesiree, they backed up everything all night long! But the first time we needed a failed machine restored? Fuggedaboutit.

It ain't rocket science. I have a redundant pair of servers at home, for chrissake!

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[airtwardo 6]

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I imagine they have a backup and you know what they say:

Backups never fail...

... its the restore that fails

That was exactly what happened at one corporation where I worked. They threw huge amount of money and staff at their "backup solution". Yesiree, they backed up everything all night long! But the first time we needed a failed machine restored? Fuggedabout.

It ain't rocket science. I have a redundant pair of servers at home, for chrissake!

A Home?? YOU HAVE A HOME?!

Ya tryin' to make the rest of us FEEL bad?

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[ryoder 1,412]

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Quote

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I imagine they have a backup and you know what they say:

Backups never fail...

... its the restore that fails

That was exactly what happened at one corporation where I worked. They threw huge amount of money and staff at their "backup solution". Yesiree, they backed up everything all night long! But the first time we needed a failed machine restored? Fuggedabout.

It ain't rocket science. I have a redundant pair of servers at home, for chrissake!

A Home?? YOU HAVE A HOME?!

Ya tryin' to make the rest of us FEEL bad?

Well, we live in one room, all twenty-six of us, no furniture, and half the floor is missing.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[skyjumpenfool 2]

That's the problem with computers!!! ... they do exactly what you tell them to do?

Birdshit & Fools Productions

"Son, only two things fall from the sky."

[Nataly 38]

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That's the problem with computers!!! ... they do exactly what you tell them to do?

EXACTLY!!!

We have backups, and I'm also looking into solutions from a very good, very geeky friend...

"There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse."
- Chris Hadfield
« Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. »
- my boss

[FlyingRhenquest 1]

I actually prefer an EMACS-based E-Mail client with the MIT remembrance agent running. It's so much easier to organize mail, clear out vast swaths of useless crap at once and have it suggest conversations that took place a couple years earlier when you're mailing someone about a problem. Only down side is it seems to reliably eat my entire inbox every 4-5 years, which is a huge pain in the ass. But I find I can generally live without that 5 years' accumulation of stuff in my inbox.

Eeh... maybe it's time to look at that solution again...

I'm trying to teach myself how to set things on fire with my mind. Hey... is it hot in here?

[Nataly 38]

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I actually prefer an EMACS-based E-Mail client with the MIT remembrance agent running. It's so much easier to organize mail, clear out vast swaths of useless crap at once and have it suggest conversations that took place a couple years earlier when you're mailing someone about a problem. Only down side is it seems to reliably eat my entire inbox every 4-5 years, which is a huge pain in the ass. But I find I can generally live without that 5 years' accumulation of stuff in my inbox.

Eeh... maybe it's time to look at that solution again...

I don't know why but my mac email would periodically tell me to put in my password for an email account, and then would proceed to re-sync it like I had added this email for the first time... It was a little bothersome so I decided to stop using it... I deleted all my accounts and at some point it asked me if I wanted to also delete the emails from my server... I assumed it meant the Mac server (not my work server with all the original data)... STUPID mistake: I clicked "yes" So here I am, email-less at work... FORTUNATELY, I have one month's worth of emails on my Blackberry... But any attachment I didn't open previously is in some kind of black hole...

I think I need to get myself a cable to connect my Macbook to my iMac and restore the deleted emails from my hard drive that way...

"There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse."
- Chris Hadfield
« Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. »
- my boss

[IJskonijn 39]

If your work has a half-way decent IT infrastructure, they should have backups. At most, that'll mean ~24 hours of mail gone.

Also, if your IT guru can fix it, buy him/her a beer and/or a cookie. We tech folk appreciate thankful users, as we already have more than enough unthankful ones...