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   bey24thgfdhg to All   
   Re: Multiple mail folder msf files, INBO   
   24 Aug 25 12:09:43   
   
   From: agents@meddatainc.com   
      
   bey24thgfdhg wrote:   
   > bey24thgfdhg wrote:   
   >> bey24thgfdhg wrote:   
   >>> Dave Yeo wrote:   
   >>>> bey24thgfdhg wrote:   
   >>>>>> 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.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> You have to do the surgery while SM is running. I'd start by backing up   
   your profile, always a good idea and I'm not sure my advice will work for you.   
   >>>> Create a folder, lets say called tmp. Drag'n'drop all your messages in   
   the inboxes to tmp. Delete the folders. Create a new inbox. Drag.n'drop your   
   messages back to inbox. Untested here and depending on how your profile is set   
   up, you may not be    
   able to delete inbox with sub-folders without also moving the sub-folders.   
   >>>> As I said, back up before experimenting as this is untested here.   
   >>>> Dave   
   >>>   
   >>> Does not SM have some debug logging function so that I can start SM in   
   debug mode and see where the issues lies?   
   >>>   
   >>> By the way, I picked two email accounts at random and manually compacted   
   them to see if e.g. INBOX-17 and INBOX-17.msf would be renamed INBOX and   
   INBOX.msf after compacting. They were not.   
   >>   
   >> Testing.   
   >   
   > When I sent the "Testing" message above I had launched SM from the command   
   line with seamonkey --mail to see if the crash resulted in an error message.   
   It did and the message was "Segmentation fault (core dumped)".   
      
   If "profile corruption" is a real problem, should there not be e.g. a menu   
   item in SM to check the profile for consistency?   
      
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