Well, I killed my email trying to fix it
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james_davis_nicollMy backup email is james@jamesdavisnicoll.com
Added later
My panix email has been restored.
Added later
My panix email has been restored.
james_davis_nicoll
I deleted all my emails by accident
May. 29th, 2025 10:52 amjames_davis_nicollAll I need to do to restore them is to "cd into ~/.maildir" to pick a snapshot. In this context, what does that mean? Online search is not helpful.
OK, further explanation followed:
"You may well have deleted the *contents* of your inbox, but the inbox
itself is still there, as is that link in your home directory. So
(from your home directory):
cd .maildir
snapshot
look at the timestamps and pick the most recent one pre-deletion.
Inbox messages will be in the directory 'cur' once you are in a
snapshot. You can copy the files into ~/.maildir/cur (or
/users/jdnicoll/.maildir/cur"
Ok, so the literal command is
cd .maildir
snapshot
NOT
cd .maildir
and then
snapshot
This gets me a list of snapshots.
if I pick one, I get
Changing directory to /net/mail/spool/panix/7/.zfs/snapshot/2025-05-28-2000.hourly/3/jdnicoll@panix.com
What do I do next?
OK, further explanation followed:
"You may well have deleted the *contents* of your inbox, but the inbox
itself is still there, as is that link in your home directory. So
(from your home directory):
cd .maildir
snapshot
look at the timestamps and pick the most recent one pre-deletion.
Inbox messages will be in the directory 'cur' once you are in a
snapshot. You can copy the files into ~/.maildir/cur (or
/users/jdnicoll/.maildir/cur"
Ok, so the literal command is
cd .maildir
snapshot
NOT
cd .maildir
and then
snapshot
This gets me a list of snapshots.
if I pick one, I get
Changing directory to /net/mail/spool/panix/7/.zfs/snapshot/2025-05-28-2000.hourly/3/jdnicoll@panix.com
What do I do next?
Inventing the Renaissance by Ada Palmer
May. 29th, 2025 09:23 amjames_davis_nicoll
A historian's popular account of a well-known but surprisingly nebulously defined era.
Inventing the Renaissance by Ada Palmer
Bundle of Holding: Sine Nomine Corebooks (from 2023)
May. 28th, 2025 04:42 pmjames_davis_nicoll
The complete Deluxe Editions of Worlds Without Number and Stars Without Number, along with Wolves of God, Silent Legions, and more.
Bundle of Holding: Sine Nomine Corebooks (from 2023)
Kindergarten Wars, volume 1 by You Chiba
May. 28th, 2025 08:58 amjames_davis_nicoll
Lonely Rita has no end of meet-cutes with hunky men. If only Rita could stop shooting them in the head...
Kindergarten Wars, volume 1 by You Chiba
The Crown Jewels (Divertimenti, volume 1) by Walter Jon Williams
May. 27th, 2025 09:18 amjames_davis_nicoll
A flamboyant thief fulfills a seemingly minor commission and wins the attention of an alarming number of patriots from two empires.
The Crown Jewels (Divertimenti, volume 1) by Walter Jon Williams
Bundle of Holding: Grim Hollow
May. 26th, 2025 02:17 pmjames_davis_nicoll
The dark fantasy tabletop roleplaying setting for D&D Fifth Edition and compatible systems from Ghostfire Gaming.
Bundle of Holding: Grim Hollow
Clarke Award Finalists 1998
May. 26th, 2025 09:01 amjames_davis_nicoll1998! The Good Friday Agreement gives Tories something new to undermine, Former Conservative Cabinet Minister Enoch Powell makes his greatest contribution to Britain by dying, and Andrew Wakefield's fraudulent paper puts him in the running with Thomas Midgley Jr. for single individual who did the most to undermine public health.
Bold for have read, italic for intend to read,, underline for never heard of it
Which 1998 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
Days by James Lovegrove
Glimmering by Elizabeth Hand
Nymphomation by Jeff Noon
The Family Tree by Sheri S. Tepper
Titan by Stephen Baxter
Poll #33168 Clarke Award Finalists 1998
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 40
Which 1998 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
View Answers
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
32 (80.0%)
Days by James Lovegrove
1 (2.5%)
Glimmering by Elizabeth Hand
8 (20.0%)
Nymphomation by Jeff Noon
3 (7.5%)
The Family Tree by Sheri S. Tepper
14 (35.0%)
Titan by Stephen Baxter
8 (20.0%)
Bold for have read, italic for intend to read,, underline for never heard of it
Which 1998 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
Days by James Lovegrove
Glimmering by Elizabeth Hand
Nymphomation by Jeff Noon
The Family Tree by Sheri S. Tepper
Titan by Stephen Baxter
Night Watch (Discworld, volume 29/City Watch, volume 6) by Terry Pratchett
May. 25th, 2025 09:35 amjames_davis_nicoll
A time-displaced cop struggles to protect history and the glorious revolution from a time-displaced psychopath, as well as from the cop's own better nature.
Night Watch (Discworld, volume 29/City Watch, volume 6) by Terry Pratchett
My first Beaverton piece
May. 24th, 2025 11:54 amjames_davis_nicollI am torn between squeals of glee and WORSHIP ME AS YOUR GOD.
ChatGPT user delighted to combine sloth with theft
ChatGPT user delighted to combine sloth with theft
Books Received, May 17 — May 23
May. 24th, 2025 09:11 amjames_davis_nicoll
Seven books new to me. 3 fantasies, 1 horror, 1 non-fiction, and 2 science fiction. 2are stand-alone, 3 are series and 2 fall into the ever popular inapplicable set.
Books Received, May 17 — May 23
Poll #33156 Books Received, May 17 — May 23
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 44
Which of these look interesting?
View Answers
After the Fall by Edward Ashton (February 2026)
20 (45.5%)
Three Shattered Souls by Mai Corland (July 2025)
3 (6.8%)
Gemini by Jeffrey Kluger (November 2025)
8 (18.2%)
Cinder House by Freya Marske (October 2025)
14 (31.8%)
The Essential Patricia A. McKillip by Patricia A. McKillip (October 2025)
24 (54.5%)
The First Thousand Trees by Premee Mohamed (September 2025)
15 (34.1%)
Night Terror: A Bleak Haven Novel by Vincent Ralph (January 2026)
3 (6.8%)
Some other option (see comments)
0 (0.0%)
Cats!
30 (68.2%)
Aunt Tigress by Emily Yu-Xuan Qin
May. 23rd, 2025 09:52 amjames_davis_nicoll
News that her supernatural aunt has been murdered upends a young woman's life.
Aunt Tigress by Emily Yu-Xuan Qin
The Judas Contract by Marv Wolfman & George Pérez
May. 22nd, 2025 08:56 amjames_davis_nicoll
Who is the secret traitor? The former boy wonder, the wonder girl, the alien princess, the cyborg, the shape-shifter, the spooky witch, the speedster, or the geokinetic who frequently brags about being evil and betraying the team?
The Judas Contract by Marv Wolfman & George Pérez
Bundle of Holding: Awfully Cheerful Engine
May. 21st, 2025 02:17 pmjames_davis_nicoll
The complete Omnibus with the rules and eight settings for Awfully Cheerful Engine, the cinematic action-comedy tabletop roleplaying game.
Bundle of Holding: Awfully Cheerful Engine
Five SFF Works About Meddling, Mystery-Solving Kids
May. 21st, 2025 10:09 amjames_davis_nicoll
Darn kids, always battling ghosts and exposing conspiracies and making a mess...
Five SFF Works About Meddling, Mystery-Solving Kids
Bundle of Holding: OSE Treasures 2
May. 21st, 2025 09:14 amjames_davis_nicoll
Recent third-party tabletop roleplaying adventures for Old-School Essentials.
Bundle of Holding: OSE Treasures 2
Ryuu no Gakkou wa Yama no Ue Kui Ryouko Works By Ryōko Kui
May. 21st, 2025 09:06 amjames_davis_nicoll
An assortment of short pieces from the author of Delicious in Dungeon.
Ryuu no Gakkou wa Yama no Ue Kui Ryouko Works By Ryōko Kui