> > My questions are: What is this sqlite database being used for? Is it
> > used for storing the mail? Is my new + old local mail still all
> stored
> > in MBOX format?
> 
>         Hi,
> mails are still stored in an MBOX format, the sqlite database is for
> summaries, the index of some particular data pointing to the right
> place in the MBOX file (or the other format, depends on the provider).
> The summaries were there even before, but only in some binary format.
> The change to sqlite was intended to make things quicker.
>         Hope that helps,
>         Milan

Thank you! It definitely helps, and tells me that my concerns were
unfounded.

[re upgrading desktop to 2.24.1]
> Don't do it!  Unless you like pain.

Not especially :-)

> I'd wait for 2.24.2 at least

Okay - I'll probably run my main desktop on 2.22 for a month or two
more, but run 2.24 on the laptop so that I can test & log any reports
against a more recent version.

-- All the best,
Nick.

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