The first thing that I tried was deleting the inbox.snm file. In the past, Netscape would regenerate the file. Today the program reads the inbox file, but apparently only recognizes that one message at the end. Additional messages can be added at the end of that file. Removing the new messages leaves a very large file will all the old messages in it, but Netscape doesn't recognize them.
Any suggestions? My last resort is to get a definition of the file format and see if that will provide enough information to repair the file. Any help will be appreciated vic victor levadi wrote: > I have a very large mail file in 4.7, which Netscape has stopped > displaying. I must have been careless in moving the file. There are more > than a thousand messages in this file, and I want to be able to keep > them in the Netscape mail file system with all of the other filed > messages. I could write a script to extract all of the messages and > header info, but that won't allow me to file the messages in the > Nestcape file system. > > I have looked at the file and I can see no obvious irregularity. The > file begins with "From - " and ends with OA OD .OA OD. Netscape appears > to read the file, but not display it in the Inbox window. One new > message was received and netscape appended it to the file. This new > message is displayed. > > Can someone enlighten me about the format for the mail file so that I > can patch the current file, even if it means losing a message at the > beginning or end, although both ends of the file look "clean", before > and after Netscape added the new message. I've tried taking one or two > individual messages from the large file, but can't get them to display. > Can someone tell me where to get the specs for the inbox file? > > I'm overlooking something, and I need help ASAP. > > Vic
