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saagarjha
on Oct 12, 2019
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Mail Data Loss in macOS 10.15
Is there a way to detect if you have data loss? It sure
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like Mail has my emails, but I'm not sure…
dv_dt
on Oct 12, 2019
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Perhaps if the mail database were blockchained or at least merkle tree linked or otherwise metadata secured.
eli
on Oct 12, 2019
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Or just backed up.
nitrogen
on Oct 12, 2019
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A hash tree for email actually seems like a semi-decent idea for verifying integrity of a synced mailbox.
journalctl
on Oct 12, 2019
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So use a hash function like in the olden days.
nitrogen
on Oct 12, 2019
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The benefit of either a tree or a sequence or hashes is that you could identify where and when the active mailbox differs from the backups. If each message is its own separate file then it's less interesting.
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