> I know one is not meant to edit the mhonarc.db file without due > care and caution. But if I were to (gasp!), and then ran MHonArc > to add in some more messages, what would be the outcome? Would > the date and thread HTML files be rebuilt with my revised > Subject lines and with the existing message numbers?
When I couldn't sleep last night, and in a carefree mood, I went ahead and edited the mhonarc.db file directly (backing it up first, of course!). I made sure I fiddled with just the lines in the Subject section, and cleaned up all my threads. I then had some new messages to add to the archive, and ran mhonarc -add as normal. Result? Everything worked! The mhonarc.db generated new date and thread pages with everything as I wanted them. So it appears one can edit the Subject lines in the mhonarc.db file, but with extreme care. Best wishes, Iain. -- Iain Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]