Paul B. Gallagher wrote:
> Arnie Goetchius wrote:
>
>> I used MozBackUp to copy Seamonkey 2.40 from one computer to another.
>> Most everything worked okay except all of the folder indexes seem to
>> be corrupt. For example, running a filter on the Inbox to move a
>> message to a folder fails with an error message stating that the
>> folder is corrupt (or some such). If I access a folder, click
>> Properties and then click Repair, it fixes the folder in question and
>> messages will now move from the Inbox to the repaired folder.
>>
>> Since I have well over 100 hundred folders, I'd like to do them all
>> at once. I read a procedure for Thunderbird that said to close TB and
>> delete all of the index file (MSF) and then open TB and all of the
>> index files will be rebuilt. Will that process work for Seamonkey
>> 2.40? It looks like all of the index files are located in my Profile
>> under Mail/127.00.1. Am I going in the right direction?
>
> AFAIK when you relaunch you'll have to "open" each folder to provoke its
> rebuild. Selecting one and then using the down arrow to navigate to each
> successive one should do it, don't have to dwell long. Take about two or three
> minutes for a hundred folders.
>
> As for 100 hundred (ten thousand) folders, that will probably take a bit
> longer... ;-)
>
There used to be a Check For Duplicates add-on which would go through and open
each folder automatically and that might work. However, it does not appear to
work with SM 2.40
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