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   Doug G to Scott Seely   
   Re: Help re "building summary file for I   
   30 Mar 05 15:41:45   
   
   From: doug4179@comcast.net   
      
   Scott Seely wrote:   
   > What a pain... Quite often when I run 7.2's "get email" program, my   
   > inbox of old emails comes up blank and I have to wait as long as FIVE   
   > MINUTES for the list of old emails to appear so that new messages can   
   > begin downloading.  The message I see is "building summary file for   
   > Inbox".  I never clear any caches or do anything that I know of to cause   
   > this delay when I previously close the program.  Why does this happen   
   > and what is the fix (if any?!)  Thanks for any tips!   
      
   Try clicking File > Compact Folders.   
      
   Or while Netscape 7 is closed, go to your profile's   
   \xxxxxxxx.slt\Mail\ folder, rename the Inbox file to   
   Oldinbox, and delete the Inbox.msf file.   
      
   Default Netscape 7 profile folder locations:   
   http://www.holgermetzger.de/pdl.html   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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