Microsoft KB Archive/87417

= PC DB: Rebuilding an MBG File =

Article ID: 87417

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 2.1e
 * Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.0
 * Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.2

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This article was previously published under Q87417



SUMMARY
It is very difficult to rebuild an MBG file. The file is not encrypted and the contents of the mail headers can be read. To rebuild an MBG file, it would be necessary for the recovered headers to align on 116-byte boundaries and the proper MAI filename to be in the correct location. The matching KEY file would have to be synchronized to the rebuilt MBG file. This process would be completely manual, because there is no utility to help recover the header information.

In most cases, the only solution is to restore from a backup file. Microsoft does not recommend rebuilding an MBG file unless no backups are available, and the mail is too important to lose.

Additional query words: 2.10e 3.00 3.20

Keywords: KB87417

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