You might try moving all the messages out of the inbox into another
local folder (you can always move them back if you want). With your
inbox zeroed out, rebuild the mailbox. Use the web interface for your
mail account to make certain the headers or entire messages are not
still on the server - if they are, delete them there.
Matthew
On Nov 3, 2008, at 4:38 PM, Alvin Auerbach wrote:
ClamXav 1.1.1 looked at Apple's Mail and found 2 incoming messages
that were suspicious, and asked to delete them. I gave the okay, and
the messages were moved to the computer's trash. However, the 2
messages are still listed in the Inbox. box. When I open them, they
are blank - ghosts!
When I delete them, they remain in the Inbox.
When I drag them to another mailbox - Trash, Junk, anything, they
remain in the Inbox.
I used [command-delete]. Didn't work.
I opened the Mail folder in my Home library, and dragged the
INBOX.imapmbox folder to the desktop. Mail created another one, and
the ghost messages remain, and the Messages folder with in the Inbox
folder is empty.
I checked Apple and Google, and found a problem like that with AOL
mail, and the solution was to update the OS. Both my OS and my Mail
program are the latest version.
I found a reference to a similar problem, but their solution was to
change the type of email account.
Rebuild the Mailbox does not apply to the Inbox.
I replaced the app from my Leopard disk.
The message count is often wrong, but I ignored it. Is this a clue?
I save most of my mail, and the size of my Mail folder is 1.45 GB.
Is that a factor?
Does anyone have any ideas on how to exorcise these ghost messages?!
Alvin
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