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From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject:      I goofed with DOS!  Please re-send.
To: LIBERTARIANS@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU

Dear Friends,

I made a serious error with DOS today,
which I would like to share with you.

First, I did this:

  I:\EUDORA>  move in.mbx 961211.fol

If the file you are moving is large,
the MOVE command is a LOT faster than
the combination of COPY and ERASE.

Second, I ran Eudora, which created
a new (empty) in.mbx.

Third, I was going to move out.mbx
to this same sub-directory, but I
erred by doing the following instead:

  I:\EUDORA> move in.mbx 961211.fol

The DOS MOVE command overwrites the
target file.  When I attempted to recover
with the Norton UNERASE, I found that I
had really snookered myself -- UNERASE
told me that prospects were "poor" for
recovering the old in.mbx.

So, the upshot of this error is that I lost
about 1 month's worth of inbound email.

If you sent me anything of great importance
during this period, please re-send it.

And, by all means, please learn from my
mistake above.  If you are unsure about
the DOS MOVE command, use COPY followed
by ERASE, even though it is slower.

/s/ Paul Mitchell

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