Re: Mail Inbox Truncation
Paul T. Karch wrote: The last couple of days, when I have been downloading my email, I sporadically get a popup window saying something to the effect that an error has occurred in truncating Inbox.mbx(?) please delete this file. I haven't deleted the file but after clicking the OK button the download continues apparently without problems. But I am wondering if I am losing any emails. One person told me he sent me emails but I haven't received any since Jan. 30th from him. I have a LOT of emails saved in Inbox and subfolders of Inbox - probably between 50k and 100k. And filters to route them. I use Windows XP Pro and AVG scans for viruses. Any insight/advice would be greatly appreciated. TIA. I'll suggest repairing the folder via right-mouse-click on the Inbox-folder, scrolling down and clicking on Properties, and clicking on the "Repair Folder" button, although I suspect you've already tried repairing the folder. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Mail Inbox Truncation
Barry Edwin Gilmour wrote: Paul T. Karch wrote: The last couple of days, when I have been downloading my email, I sporadically get a popup window saying something to the effect that an error has occurred in truncating Inbox.mbx(?) please delete this file. I haven't deleted the file but after clicking the OK button the download continues apparently without problems. But I am wondering if I am losing any emails. One person told me he sent me emails but I haven't received any since Jan. 30th from him. I have a LOT of emails saved in Inbox and subfolders of Inbox - probably between 50k and 100k. And filters to route them. I use Windows XP Pro and AVG scans for viruses. Any insight/advice would be greatly appreciated. TIA. I'll suggest repairing the folder via right-mouse-click on the Inbox-folder, scrolling down and clicking on Properties, and clicking on the "Repair Folder" button, although I suspect you've already tried repairing the folder. On my version of Seamonkey, following the steps you suggest, there is no button "Repair Folder" there is one labeled "Rebuild Summary File" is that equivalent ? ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Mail Inbox Truncation
Paul T. Karch wrote: Barry Edwin Gilmour wrote: Paul T. Karch wrote: The last couple of days, when I have been downloading my email, I sporadically get a popup window saying something to the effect that an error has occurred in truncating Inbox.mbx(?) please delete this file. I haven't deleted the file but after clicking the OK button the download continues apparently without problems. But I am wondering if I am losing any emails. One person told me he sent me emails but I haven't received any since Jan. 30th from him. I have a LOT of emails saved in Inbox and subfolders of Inbox - probably between 50k and 100k. And filters to route them. I use Windows XP Pro and AVG scans for viruses. Any insight/advice would be greatly appreciated. TIA. I'll suggest repairing the folder via right-mouse-click on the Inbox-folder, scrolling down and clicking on Properties, and clicking on the "Repair Folder" button, although I suspect you've already tried repairing the folder. On my version of Seamonkey, following the steps you suggest, there is no button "Repair Folder" there is one labeled "Rebuild Summary File" is that equivalent ? That's the button. The summary file is the index to your Inbox folder which gets sporadically confused, so needs a little rebuild. Quoting from my little popup pane:- "Sometimes the folder index-file becomes damaged and messages may appear missing, or deleted messages continue showing: repairing the folder may fix these issues" Might be worth a try? HTH. Barry. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Mail Inbox Truncation
Barry Edwin Gilmour wrote: Paul T. Karch wrote: Barry Edwin Gilmour wrote: Paul T. Karch wrote: The last couple of days, when I have been downloading my email, I sporadically get a popup window saying something to the effect that an error has occurred in truncating Inbox.mbx(?) please delete this file. I haven't deleted the file but after clicking the OK button the download continues apparently without problems. But I am wondering if I am losing any emails. One person told me he sent me emails but I haven't received any since Jan. 30th from him. I have a LOT of emails saved in Inbox and subfolders of Inbox - probably between 50k and 100k. And filters to route them. I use Windows XP Pro and AVG scans for viruses. Any insight/advice would be greatly appreciated. TIA. I'll suggest repairing the folder via right-mouse-click on the Inbox-folder, scrolling down and clicking on Properties, and clicking on the "Repair Folder" button, although I suspect you've already tried repairing the folder. On my version of Seamonkey, following the steps you suggest, there is no button "Repair Folder" there is one labeled "Rebuild Summary File" is that equivalent ? That's the button. The summary file is the index to your Inbox folder which gets sporadically confused, so needs a little rebuild. Quoting from my little popup pane:- "Sometimes the folder index-file becomes damaged and messages may appear missing, or deleted messages continue showing: repairing the folder may fix these issues" Might be worth a try? HTH. Barry. Almost forgot: Your messages aren't touched by this action. Rebuilding your index summary file for any folder, does not touch or corrupt your actual messages. You are only rebuilding the actual tracking index-file for the messages that are actually in the (separate) message folder-file, which as the popup says, often exposes messages that are there, but are unviewable due to a corrupt index file entry. HTH. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Mail Inbox Truncation
Barry Edwin Gilmour wrote: Barry Edwin Gilmour wrote: Paul T. Karch wrote: Barry Edwin Gilmour wrote: Paul T. Karch wrote: The last couple of days, when I have been downloading my email, I sporadically get a popup window saying something to the effect that an error has occurred in truncating Inbox.mbx(?) please delete this file. I haven't deleted the file but after clicking the OK button the download continues apparently without problems. But I am wondering if I am losing any emails. One person told me he sent me emails but I haven't received any since Jan. 30th from him. I have a LOT of emails saved in Inbox and subfolders of Inbox - probably between 50k and 100k. And filters to route them. I use Windows XP Pro and AVG scans for viruses. Any insight/advice would be greatly appreciated. TIA. I'll suggest repairing the folder via right-mouse-click on the Inbox-folder, scrolling down and clicking on Properties, and clicking on the "Repair Folder" button, although I suspect you've already tried repairing the folder. On my version of Seamonkey, following the steps you suggest, there is no button "Repair Folder" there is one labeled "Rebuild Summary File" is that equivalent ? That's the button. The summary file is the index to your Inbox folder which gets sporadically confused, so needs a little rebuild. Quoting from my little popup pane:- "Sometimes the folder index-file becomes damaged and messages may appear missing, or deleted messages continue showing: repairing the folder may fix these issues" Might be worth a try? HTH. Barry. Almost forgot: Your messages aren't touched by this action. Rebuilding your index summary file for any folder, does not touch or corrupt your actual messages. You are only rebuilding the actual tracking index-file for the messages that are actually in the (separate) message folder-file, which as the popup says, often exposes messages that are there, but are unviewable due to a corrupt index file entry. HTH. Thank you. Very informative. Also I went to the website. They say there can be a problem if too much 'space' is used in a folder - typically Inbox since it contains a lot of stuff. They give info on how to solve the problem, but it still seems a little tricky. The info is given in Firefox terminology. But they suggest deleting any garbage you can and then compacting folders since simply deleting emails does not really get rid of them till they are compacted out. Should have done this before bothering people. By the way, in Seamonkey help there is no info at all on the Summary File. Don't know why size is a problem that can't be overcome. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Mail Inbox Truncation
Paul T. Karch wrote: Barry Edwin Gilmour wrote: Barry Edwin Gilmour wrote: Paul T. Karch wrote: Barry Edwin Gilmour wrote: Paul T. Karch wrote: The last couple of days, when I have been downloading my email, I sporadically get a popup window saying something to the effect that an error has occurred in truncating Inbox.mbx(?) please delete this file. I haven't deleted the file but after clicking the OK button the download continues apparently without problems. But I am wondering if I am losing any emails. One person told me he sent me emails but I haven't received any since Jan. 30th from him. I have a LOT of emails saved in Inbox and subfolders of Inbox - probably between 50k and 100k. And filters to route them. I use Windows XP Pro and AVG scans for viruses. Any insight/advice would be greatly appreciated. TIA. I'll suggest repairing the folder via right-mouse-click on the Inbox-folder, scrolling down and clicking on Properties, and clicking on the "Repair Folder" button, although I suspect you've already tried repairing the folder. On my version of Seamonkey, following the steps you suggest, there is no button "Repair Folder" there is one labeled "Rebuild Summary File" is that equivalent ? That's the button. The summary file is the index to your Inbox folder which gets sporadically confused, so needs a little rebuild. Quoting from my little popup pane:- "Sometimes the folder index-file becomes damaged and messages may appear missing, or deleted messages continue showing: repairing the folder may fix these issues" Might be worth a try? HTH. Barry. Almost forgot: Your messages aren't touched by this action. Rebuilding your index summary file for any folder, does not touch or corrupt your actual messages. You are only rebuilding the actual tracking index-file for the messages that are actually in the (separate) message folder-file, which as the popup says, often exposes messages that are there, but are unviewable due to a corrupt index file entry. HTH. Thank you. Very informative. Also I went to the website. They say there can be a problem if too much 'space' is used in a folder - typically Inbox since it contains a lot of stuff. They give info on how to solve the problem, but it still seems a little tricky. The info is given in Firefox terminology. But they suggest deleting any garbage you can and then compacting folders since simply deleting emails does not really get rid of them till they are compacted out. Should have done this before bothering people. By the way, in Seamonkey help there is no info at all on the Summary File. Don't know why size is a problem that can't be overcome. Compacting will remove any messages that aren't listed in the folder's index-file, e.g. the "lost" messages. It will "compact" the actual folder-file's messages, to make it agree with what is showing in the folder's summary index-file, that is, it removes the deleted messages etcetera. Rebuilding or repairing your folder's index-files gives SeaMonkey the true list of what messages are within in the actual folder / folders, including the deleted but yet-uncompacted (undeleted) messages, plus of-course, any messages that have had their indexes corrupted, so in your case, I'd think you may want to rebuild your summary file first, before you compact the messages. Compacting is supposed to compact the entire messages folders, and although others are noting some sub-folders are not getting compacted, I can't say that I've ever seen the omission. HTH. Barry. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Mail Inbox Truncation
Barry Edwin Gilmour wrote: Paul T. Karch wrote: Barry Edwin Gilmour wrote: Barry Edwin Gilmour wrote: Paul T. Karch wrote: Barry Edwin Gilmour wrote: Paul T. Karch wrote: The last couple of days, when I have been downloading my email, I sporadically get a popup window saying something to the effect that an error has occurred in truncating Inbox.mbx(?) please delete this file. I haven't deleted the file but after clicking the OK button the download continues apparently without problems. But I am wondering if I am losing any emails. One person told me he sent me emails but I haven't received any since Jan. 30th from him. I have a LOT of emails saved in Inbox and subfolders of Inbox - probably between 50k and 100k. And filters to route them. I use Windows XP Pro and AVG scans for viruses. Any insight/advice would be greatly appreciated. TIA. I'll suggest repairing the folder via right-mouse-click on the Inbox-folder, scrolling down and clicking on Properties, and clicking on the "Repair Folder" button, although I suspect you've already tried repairing the folder. On my version of Seamonkey, following the steps you suggest, there is no button "Repair Folder" there is one labeled "Rebuild Summary File" is that equivalent ? That's the button. The summary file is the index to your Inbox folder which gets sporadically confused, so needs a little rebuild. Quoting from my little popup pane:- "Sometimes the folder index-file becomes damaged and messages may appear missing, or deleted messages continue showing: repairing the folder may fix these issues" Might be worth a try? HTH. Barry. Almost forgot: Your messages aren't touched by this action. Rebuilding your index summary file for any folder, does not touch or corrupt your actual messages. You are only rebuilding the actual tracking index-file for the messages that are actually in the (separate) message folder-file, which as the popup says, often exposes messages that are there, but are unviewable due to a corrupt index file entry. HTH. Thank you. Very informative. Also I went to the website. They say there can be a problem if too much 'space' is used in a folder - typically Inbox since it contains a lot of stuff. They give info on how to solve the problem, but it still seems a little tricky. The info is given in Firefox terminology. But they suggest deleting any garbage you can and then compacting folders since simply deleting emails does not really get rid of them till they are compacted out. Should have done this before bothering people. By the way, in Seamonkey help there is no info at all on the Summary File. Don't know why size is a problem that can't be overcome. Compacting will remove any messages that aren't listed in the folder's index-file, e.g. the "lost" messages. It will "compact" the actual folder-file's messages, to make it agree with what is showing in the folder's summary index-file, that is, it removes the deleted messages etcetera. Rebuilding or repairing your folder's index-files gives SeaMonkey the true list of what messages are within in the actual folder / folders, including the deleted but yet-uncompacted (undeleted) messages, plus of-course, any messages that have had their indexes corrupted, so in your case, I'd think you may want to rebuild your summary file first, before you compact the messages. Compacting is supposed to compact the entire messages folders, and although others are noting some sub-folders are not getting compacted, I can't say that I've ever seen the omission. HTH. Barry. Also, compacting should be done automatically by the application, each time you close down the application. Barry. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Mail Inbox Truncation
Barry Edwin Gilmour wrote: Barry Edwin Gilmour wrote: Paul T. Karch wrote: Barry Edwin Gilmour wrote: Barry Edwin Gilmour wrote: Paul T. Karch wrote: Barry Edwin Gilmour wrote: Paul T. Karch wrote: Also, compacting should be done automatically by the application, each time you close down the application. Barry. Sorry, Barry, are you suggesting that this *is* being done or that you think it *should* be done each shut down?? Daniel ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Mail Inbox Truncation
Daniel wrote: Barry Edwin Gilmour wrote: Barry Edwin Gilmour wrote: Paul T. Karch wrote: Barry Edwin Gilmour wrote: Barry Edwin Gilmour wrote: Paul T. Karch wrote: Barry Edwin Gilmour wrote: Paul T. Karch wrote: Also, compacting should be done automatically by the application, each time you close down the application. Barry. Sorry, Barry, are you suggesting that this *is* being done or that you think it *should* be done each shut down?? Daniel My bad! It would sure help if a functional auto-compaction could be done each time SeaMonkey is opened or shutdown. It would mean one less button to have to use and explain. It seems the Thunderbird folk have resorted to turning-off their auto-compaction, in order to bypass a raft of conflicts, so we may be better off without it. Apologies. Barry. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Mail Inbox Truncation
Barry Edwin Gilmour wrote: Daniel wrote: Barry Edwin Gilmour wrote: Barry Edwin Gilmour wrote: Paul T. Karch wrote: Barry Edwin Gilmour wrote: Barry Edwin Gilmour wrote: Paul T. Karch wrote: Barry Edwin Gilmour wrote: Paul T. Karch wrote: Also, compacting should be done automatically by the application, each time you close down the application. Barry. Sorry, Barry, are you suggesting that this *is* being done or that you think it *should* be done each shut down?? Daniel My bad! It would sure help if a functional auto-compaction could be done each time SeaMonkey is opened or shutdown. It would mean one less button to have to use and explain. It seems the Thunderbird folk have resorted to turning-off their auto-compaction, in order to bypass a raft of conflicts, so we may be better off without it. Apologies. Barry. Daniel, In SM-2.1b3pre, we have auto-compaction via "Edit > Preferences > Mail & Newsgroups > Network & Storage > Disk Space > checkbox: Compact Folders when it will save over MB" The "about:config" preference settings are listed under "mail.purge" HTH. Barry. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Mail Inbox Truncation
Barry Edwin Gilmour wrote: Barry Edwin Gilmour wrote: Daniel wrote: Barry Edwin Gilmour wrote: Barry Edwin Gilmour wrote: Paul T. Karch wrote: Barry Edwin Gilmour wrote: Barry Edwin Gilmour wrote: Paul T. Karch wrote: Barry Edwin Gilmour wrote: Paul T. Karch wrote: Also, compacting should be done automatically by the application, each time you close down the application. Barry. Sorry, Barry, are you suggesting that this *is* being done or that you think it *should* be done each shut down?? Daniel My bad! It would sure help if a functional auto-compaction could be done each time SeaMonkey is opened or shutdown. It would mean one less button to have to use and explain. It seems the Thunderbird folk have resorted to turning-off their auto-compaction, in order to bypass a raft of conflicts, so we may be better off without it. Apologies. Barry. Daniel, In SM-2.1b3pre, we have auto-compaction via "Edit > Preferences > Mail & Newsgroups > Network & Storage > Disk Space > checkbox: Compact Folders when it will save over MB" The "about:config" preference settings are listed under "mail.purge" HTH. Barry. Yes, Barry, that setting is also in SM 2.x, and I think it was in SM 1.x and, possibly, Moz Suite as well. Daniel ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
