How does one rebuild the database...I remember there are 2 options. a 
simple and massive... but I forgot both of them and can't find it in 
Claris help files for some reason.

thanks

John

>On May 31, 2007, at 10:35 AM, Mark James wrote:
>
>> When I had this with a corrupted database, you just get a list of  
>> folders
>> called orphaned folders, some with mail in them, some without, but  
>> it is
>> impossible to rebuild the database in such cases. Not good.
>
>I've always been able to rebuild the database when there are orphaned  
>folders... however the results are not great. They will "vanish" and  
>leave the email all in one folder instead, and often deleted email  
>will be resurrected at the same time, leaving you with a heck of a  
>mess to try to clean up.
>
>If a standard rebuild fails, try an advanced rebuild, and if that  
>fails, remove the Mail Index file from the Mail folder and relaunch  
>emailer, that will force it to write a brand new index... just be  
>prepared for things to no longer be where they belong.
>
>The easier solution... keep regular backups :-)
>
>-chris
><www.mythtech.net>
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