From: Danni@hyperspace.vogon.gov   
      
   Daniel70 wrote:   
   > On 21/08/2025 5:49 am, bey24thgfdhg wrote:   
   >> Daniel70 wrote:   
   >>> On 20/08/2025 4:40 am, bey24thgfdhg wrote:   
   >>>> bey24thgfdhg wrote:   
   >>>>> For some reason I have ended up with multiple, sometimes more than   
   >>>>> 10, msf files for e.g. the INBOX folder and sometimes multiple ones   
   >>>>> for Sent and Spam. Why is this and how can I clean up so I only   
   >>>>> have one msf file for each mail folder?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> The problem is that multiple inboxes for a single email account are   
   >>>> created and giving names such as INBOX, INBOX-1, INBOX-2 etc. I want   
   >>>> to get rid of all but INBOX and its associated msf file.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> How to do this?   
   >>>   
   >>> As I recall, the msf files are, effectively, just index files for   
   >>> your various Inbox files. You can delete them and a new file will be   
   >>> created when you select the Inbox with-in SeaMonkey.   
   >>>   
   >>> If you have more Inbox's than you require, completely close SeaMonkey   
   >>> then have a look at the Properties of the Profile Folders in your   
   >>> File Manager. As I recall, the Folders with-in the Profile MUST be   
   >>> write-enabled .... so *NOT* be marked as *Read Only*   
   >>>   
   >>> When you have checked this, you should be able to start SeaMonkey and   
   >>> drag any e-mails in the other INBOX-1, INBOX-2, etc, into your   
   >>> Primary Inbox.   
   >>   
   >> I am running Linux and SeaMonkey is able to download messages etc. so   
   >> I cannot see that there is any read-only restriction in the file   
   >> system itself. Googling I found that this has been a long-standing bug   
   >> in Thunderbird which possibly means that this is also a SeaMonkey bug?   
   >> If correct, I am surprised it has not been fixed?   
   >   
   > "means that this is also a SeaMonkey bug" .... that YOU and YOU alone   
   > have come across over twenty-odd years.   
   >   
   > With your mention of Thunderbird .... have you got it open at the SAME   
   > time as you are trying to use SeaMonkey??   
   >   
   > Have you got SEPERATE profiles for Thunderbird and SeaMonkey?? Or are   
   > you trying to run BOTH Thunderbird AND SeaMonkey AT THE SAME TIME USING   
   > THE SAME PROFILE??   
      
   I don't think using the same profile even possible.   
   As for running TB and SM at the same time, I do that occasionally   
   without any ill-effects.   
   Having just looked at my SM profile, the newest first-level .msf file   
   under Mail is dated July 2022.  The second-level ones are newer.   
      
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