Re: Problem with MBX INBOX

[Clive McDowell]

Mark Crispin wrote:
On Fri, 8 Apr 2005, Clive McDowell wrote:
I have a strange problem with an MBX format INBOX. It contains 6618 
messages but only the most recent 33 are being displayed by PINE or 
any other clients I've tried.

That means that the other 6585 messages were deleted and expunged in a 
shared session.  Those messages will be removed (and the space they 
occupy reclaimed) the next time an expunge or checkpoint is done in an 
exclusive session.
Mark,
thanks - that was exactly the problem. This user seems to have a habit 
of leaving several sessions open. I guess she hasn't run an exclusive 
session for a while. Once forced to do so the inbox space was recovered.

Clive McDowell