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   Scott Seely to Doug G   
   Re: Help re "building summary file for I   
   30 Mar 05 19:23:02   
   
   From: k9vet@rcn.com   
      
   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".   
      
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