Parish wrote: > Timothy Howard wrote: > >> I have an email message that I cannot delete. I have tried the delete >> button, right-clicking and deleting, and draging it out of my inbox to >> the trash. I will not budge. Btw, it is not some kind of mail bomb >> or virus, or even SPAM, it is a newsletter I have gotten before and >> have had no trouble deleting. It annoys me that I can't delete it and >> I want to figure out why. >> > > I've never, AFAICR, seen this myself, but it may be that the index files > are screwed. > > Try right-clicking on the folder name in the tree and select "Compact > This Folder", then try deleting the mail again. > > If that fails exit Mozilla completely including the Quick Start icon in > the system tray), in Explorer go to your mail folder and delete > Inbox.msf (*don't* delete Inbox itself!), restart Mozilla and try again. > The index will be rebuilt.
I had the same problem in Thursday's nightly. Yesterday's build took care of it. -- Lee Dillion
