From: doug4179@comcast.net   
      
   Scott Seely wrote:   
      
   > Doug G wrote:   
   >> 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   
   >   
   > Thanks for the tips.  BTW, is there a way I can store my older emails   
   > such as all emails received LAST year, separately but safely, so that I   
   > could retrieve them later if needed?  I don't want to permanently delete   
   > them; I just want to put them "away".   
      
   In your .slt\Mail\ folder backup the files which have   
   no extensions, they hold the messages and can be read by most text editors.   
      
   If you add an MBX extension to the backed up files, MsgView will display   
   them.   
      
   MsgView (freeware, 160 KB) - http://www.elbiah.de/tools/old/   
      
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