From: "Rich Gauszka" 


"Dave"  wrote in message
news:r61ed0hijs93s3phj7ejvl89gocirge8h5{at}4ax.com...
> This would be a question for Jane L., but she doesn't seem to come
> around much anymore.
>
> Anyone know how to figure out which .dat and .idx files in the Program
> Files\Agent\Data folder correspond to which folder?  They all have
> file names like 000091B6.DAT or 0000F089.IDX.
>
>

I use Forte but only for newsgroups. Have you tried?

http://www.forteinc.com/agent/faq.php#9FAEC17561286F1985256C230071A2F0

How do I recover data from a corrupted database file?

For these instructions, we're assuming that the server does not have enough
retention to re-download the messages, or it would take too long, or put
you over your quota, or it's a folder.

You can use AGReco, written by an Agent user, to try to recover information
from a corrupted database, or to just export all of the messages from a
group or folder.

Once you've extracted the data from the group(s) or folder(s), open Agent
and unsubscribe from the group or delete the folder. Agent will ask you to
confirm the action. Depending on if it's a group or a folder, you'll have
to either answer "no" to keep the messages and properties or
"yes" to delete. Resubscribe to the group or recreate the folder.
(You can download messages if you want, but you will probably wind up with
duplicate messages when we're done, so it would be better to wait until
later. Not applicable when dealing with folders.) Close Agent.

If a newsgroup:

Next, using AGO, ( http://www.gordol.org/agent.html ) written by the same
user that wrote AGReco, flip the status of the group from newsgroup to
folder. Close AGO, start Agent. Use Agent's File \ Import Messages feature
to import the output file from AGReco into the new "folder" you
just made. Close Agent, use AGO to flip the "folder" back to a
newsgroup.

If a folder:

Just import the file(s) created with AGReco.

If you had filters for the group(s) or folder(s), open up the applicable
Folders Window and reassign the filters to their proper settings, or delete
and recreate them.

NOTE: Read all of the documentation in both programs, including their ini
files. Half of the instructions for AGO is in the ago.ini file.

Forte did not write these two applications, and cannot be responsible for
their use, or any problems they might create on your system. Use at your
own risk, so to speak.

These programs require the Visual Basic 4 runtime files. If you need them,
you can download them here: vb4r32p.exe.

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