Mike Gratis wrote:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Matt Gibson wrote:
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> Can anyone suggest ways of returning KMail back to sanity? I can afford
>>>> to lose the folders, but not the settings... KDE 3.1, KMail 0.7.2.
>>>
>>> Sounds like your indexes are screwed. Shut KMail, go into your Mail
>>> directory, and delete the ".<folder name>.index" file for the folders.
>>> Bear in mind those will be hidden files.
>>>
>>> Just try it on one first to see if it cures the problem for that folder.
>>> You
>>> won't lose any mail by doing this. Not unless you delete the wrong
>>> file, anyway ;-)
>>>
>>> M
>>
>> Thanks Matt,
>>
>> It sounds like it could be exactly it. I have given it a shot (rm
>> .*.index) and I will soon know if it works.
>>
>> Roy
>>
>
> I prefer to rename files (...like to *.index.old) - That way if that's not
> the problem, or doing so causes even more/worse problems, I can rename the
> file back and still have it to work with. ;-)
Good point. I did not mind breakage because I only use this machine to view
my mail; I archive it elsewhere.
Speaking of which, erasing the indices did not work. Things were okay for a
few days, but I still get the same garbage displaying on occasions and
sometimes I cannot send messages.
I might just shift to Thunderbird soon. I use it in two other places
already, but I'm just reluctant to customise it again.
Roy
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