Hi Steven, On 30/11/2009, Steven Knowles <emai...@knowles.net.au> wrote: > I have an IMAP account set up, in which were quite a few messages. > However, if I check the folder at Library > Mail > > imap-acco...@domain.com@mail.domain.com > INBOX.imapmbox > Messages, it's > full of emlx messages. Intuitively I would have thought such a folder would > be empty, in line with the empty IMAP account.
Both the INBOX and INBOX.imapmbox folder are relevant. One latter contains the INBOX messages, the former contains the folders that are nested within the INBOX. (It won't be like this or everyone...it depends on the underlying setup of the brand of IMAP server.) I'd suggest the reason the .emlx files are still there because basically it is a cache, and Apple Mail hasn't yet 'purged' the cache. If you synchronised the account, the .emlx files would probably disappear to match the server. You are in a somewhat tricky situation, because you need to convince the server that the messages are not deleted, even though the server's index says those message IDs have been deleted. Restoring from backup *might* work, or on the other hand it could fail if the server will see the restored message IDs as 'zombies' and instructs Apple Mail to delete them again. You may find that you have to restore from backup into a folder on your Desktop, then 'Import' into Mail, then drag across from the Import folder to the IMAP account, to basically tell the server to add all the old messages as though they were new messages. But I'm just speculating. Wait for someone else with more definitive information (or check on Google). I've never had this problem and haven't tested it out. James -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
