On Mon, 6 May 2019 22:23:39 -0500, Jason wrote: > On Tue, May 07, 2019 at 12:08:14AM -0300, Luciano ES wrote: > > > > Then I tried to use it again, but it didn't quite work anymore. > > > > The problem is that the Inbox folder is empty. And it shouldn't be. > > I can inspect that directory say, with a file manager, and it's > > loaded with messages. In fact, I can view them all in claws-mail, > > the MUA I've been using since I had that problem. Mutt can't see > > them. Mutt always shows me an empty Inbox folder. > > > > It's just the Inbox folder. I can switch to any other folder and > > view all of their contents. Old and recent messages (received > > through claws-mail) are all there, not one is missing. Mutt can > > display them. It just can't see anything inside Inbox. > > >> > Does the Inbox folder contain the standard maildir style directories: > cur, new, tmp ? Unread messages should be inside 'new', read messages > inside 'cur'. >
Hi. There used to be cur, new, tmp. There shouldn't be because it is all MH. So I decided to delete them. Only Inbox had them. Sure enough, now mutt can see the contents of Inbox. When I brought those folders back (I didn't delete them, I moved them) the Inbox would look empty again. So I moved them out again, and mutt could see the contents of Inbox again. But something strange has happened. When I pressed the key to change folder, mutt would show me a list of the files inside Inbox, including many messages but shown as files, all named after numbers. I couldn't open them. Then I would press the key to exit and mutt would exit altogether. That was yesterday, after I sent a message to this mailing list. Today, the behavior is a little different. I press the key to change folder and I get that strange file list. But now I exit and I just exit that screen and go back to the Inbox, and then the Inbox looks normal and I can browse and open messages. Then I press the key to change folder and I can browse them normally again. I have repeated the test and many times and I can confirm that pressing the key to change folder always gives me the weird file list on the first time, then I exit that screen and the 'change folder' key will show the folders normally again. Does that make sense? I believe something is broken, but I have no idea what. -- Luciano ES >>