And it came to pass that AC Ucisik wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been using Mozilla 0.9.1 as my primary mail and news
> client at home since shortly after its release couple of
> weeks ago. I think it's a great improvement and so far I am
> quite happy with it.
>
> But, today, I somehow bumped into a serious problem with my
> mails. When Mozilla tries to download my new messages from
> the POP server, it says that it's downloading 1 of 11
> messages. But shortly after that, a message pops up saying
> "Unable to write the e-mail to the mailbox. Make sure the
> file system allows you write privileges, and you have enough
> disk space to copy the mailbox." And then I see a message
> with some strange characters in its subject and body. I
> don't know if the problem has anything to do with that
> particular message, but in the past half an hour, it does
> this everytime it checks new messages on the server and
> brings up the same message, but not the rest of the new
> messages.
>
> I don't have any problem with three news accounts I
> regularly use. I checked the write privileges of the folder
> where inbox resides in and did not see any problem. I have
> about 2 gigs of empty space on the drive on which my
> application data is and about 30 gigs of space on the drive
> on which Mozilla is installed. There are currently 172
> messages in my mailbox and the size of the inbox file is
> 101,099 KB. Strangely enough, its size does not change when
> I move half of the messages to another folder and compact
> all folders.
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Thanks and regards,
> Ahmet
>
>
Sounds like a corrupt summary file.
Close ALL instances of Mozilla.
Locate the file "INBOX.MSF" for the account in question.
DELETE the file.
DO NOT delete the "inbox" that has no extension - that's where
the mail actually lives.
When you re-start Mozilla, you should be able to donwload your
messages.
--
}:-) Christopher Jahn
{:-( Dionysian Reveler
I live like this 'cuz I like it; I've seen too much to pretend
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