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   Dave Yeo wrote:   
   > bey24thgfdhg wrote:   
   >> bey24thgfdhg wrote:   
   >>> 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/prob   
   em_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.   
   >>>   
   >>> I   
   >>   
   >> I should mention that SeaMonkey consistently crashes every time I write   
   >> a message in this newsgroup and hit SEND (the message does get sent   
   >> though). I have about 35 email accounts but only one newsgroup, this   
   >> one. I am running version 2.53.21 under Linux.   
   >>   
   >> Is there a github location or similar where I can report both the   
   >> consistent crashing and the multiplication of INBOX folders?   
   >   
   > First step is to try a new profile. Often these problems are caused by   
   corruption in your profile. Crashing when sending a message sounds like a   
   profile problem.   
   > Dave   
      
   I have 35 mail accounts that I would need to recreate. Creating a new profile   
   hoping that the INBOX-? problem will not reoccur does not seem meaningful -   
   it's akin to suggesting to a Windows user that they should reinstall the OS...   
      
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