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   Dave Yeo wrote:   
   > bey24thgfdhg wrote:   
   >> bey24thgfdhg wrote:   
   >>> 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 never said I was running Thunderbird at this time, I googled this   
   >>> issue and it has been described as a bug in Thunderbird.   
   >>   
   >> Here is a link to one reportÖ   
   >>   
   >> https://www.reddit.com/r/Thunderbird/comments/1foy7av/problem   
   thunderbird_creates_inbox1_2_3_folders/   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Does not SeaMonkey and Thunderbird share code? Possibly this code?   
   >   
   > That reddit comment is about TB 128. SeaMonkey and Thunderbird did share the   
   same code up to about Thunderbird 60ESR, after which SM stayed at that level,   
   with backports I assume while development on Thunderbird continued in a   
   separate direction. At    
   this point it is hard to say how much of mail/news is shared but as that bug   
   appeared with Thunderbird 128, it is very likely unrelated.   
   > Personally, it seems I've seen similar and here it was triggered by a crash.   
   Can't remember whether it was SM or TB that had the behaviour and it was a   
   while back.   
   > Dave   
      
   Yes, it might be related to crashing and would then be a bug. How do i get   
   back to a folder named INBOX and not INBOX-7, INBOX-14 etc.? I have tried to   
   exit SeaMonkey and rename e.g. INBOX-7 to INBOX and delete the corresponding   
   msf file but it does not    
   correct it.   
      
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