Re: disappearing emails
A Williams wrote: Laura or Brian wrote: Periodically, all of the emails in my inbox just disappear, and rebuilding the directory will not bring them back. What gives, and what do I have to do to retrieve them? Please advise in simple lay terms for a non-techy. Thanks! Laura I assume you don't have backups. You are using the newest Seamonkey under Windows (whatever Windows NT 5.1; rv:14.0 is). I have not been in this situation for a very long time but this is what I did a few years ago (clearing Cache first might be an idea) Exit seamonkey completely. Take a backup of your %appdata%\mozilla directory Then go into %appdata%\mozilla\seamonkey\PROFILE-NAME\Mail and delete the .msf files there. You probably have subdirectories so do it there as well. Sub-subdirectories? Restart seamonkey. Clicking on the various mail directories in Seamonkey should get them up and running again. If that worked - rejoice. Then start trying to work out how it happened. If it did *not*, no idea. If things are worse, you *did* backup %appdata%\mozilla/seamonkey? best of luck. I have my mail-settings to keep the mails on the servers for a month or so, or if I delete them. That makes reverting to backups pretty painless. Thanks. How do I take a backup? All of my subdirectories are still there - it's just the main inbox contents that went away. I did a search and could not find the missing inbox or the corresponding .msf file. I also have my settings to keep emails on the server till I delete - that's why I find this so mysterious. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Disappearing emails - still need help!
Daniel wrote: Laura or Brian wrote: Anyone? I have Seamonkey 2.11 and all the emails in my inbox just suddenly disappeared. I know they must still exist on my system and there must be a way to rebuild the file, but I don't know how. I went into Edit and File Properties and tried the repair from there, but it didn't work. Thanks again, Laura Laura, haven't you already asked this and gotten a reply?? If so, please respond in that thread, so that those offering the advice will know what has already been asked, tested and, possibly, failed. Having typed that, however, something else you could try is to have a look at Tools->Switch Profiles. How many profiles are listed?? If more than one, check the others to see if they contain your missing e-mails. If that doesn't help, have a look at Edit->Mail & Newsgroup Account Settings and select "Server Settings" on your e-mail account. At the bottom of that screen there is "Local Directory". Note this location. Now completely close SeaMonkey, including the Windows Quick Start link. Set Windows up to show hidden Files and folders then do a Windows "Find Files and Folders", looking for "inbox" (without the quotes). You should find at least two, your current inbox and its index file inbox.msf, and they will be in the location you noted previously. Note the locations of any other "inbox"'s. If they are possible your missing inbox, re-name them as inbox_2, etc, and move them into the profile location noted above. Now, re-start SeaMonkey and check out the now renamed files in you mail folder. You're right, Daniel - I did already post this. sorry for the etiquette breach. The 1st response I got wasn't that helpful, and I was afraid that my issue would get lost. It's been awhile since I visited the newsgroups. I searched and could not find the missing inbox. I do appreciate your help, but it seems that my emails are just gone. Laura ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Disappearing emails - still need help!
Anyone? I have Seamonkey 2.11 and all the emails in my inbox just suddenly disappeared. I know they must still exist on my system and there must be a way to rebuild the file, but I don't know how. I went into Edit and File Properties and tried the repair from there, but it didn't work. Thanks again, Laura ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: disappearing emails
It is set to ALL. Thanks. (I'm not that technologically challenged). Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote: Laura or Brian wrote: Periodically, all of the emails in my inbox just disappear, and rebuilding the directory will not bring them back. What gives, and what do I have to do to retrieve them? Please advise in simple lay terms for a non-techy. Thanks! What is your setting for View > Messages ? All or Unread ? Change it to All ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
disappearing emails
Periodically, all of the emails in my inbox just disappear, and rebuilding the directory will not bring them back. What gives, and what do I have to do to retrieve them? Please advise in simple lay terms for a non-techy. Thanks! Laura ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
