The nstmp directory is completely empty. There was no crash. I was prompted to compact the directory (since I have the option to compact turned on if it will save 100kb). I clicked yes. Not sure if the compacting is directly related since I didn't immediately look to my inbox after compacting to see if things had changed but that seems like the most likely culprit.
It goes from bad to worse... I also just noticed that another account has the same problem! I have six mail accounts that I manage using mozilla mail and two accounts have been affected. The second account, like the first one, has an empty inbox and a newly created nstmp directory. This new development brings up an interesting question: when compacting folders, does the client try to work on multiple accounts at once or is it programmed to only work on the current account? Could provide some insight into what went wrong. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Edward Buck wrote: > >> I've been using netscape mail without problems for some time. >> Suddenly, the most unthinkable of problems happened to me today. All >> messages in my inbox suddenly disappeared! 6 months worth to be exact. >> >> I checked the filesystem and looked at the size of my inbox file. >> Indeed, the file is empty at 0k. Yesterday, the file was over a meg. >> In addition to the empty inbox, I also discovered that I have a new >> directory in my account called nstmp. The files in nstmp are also >> empty. Is this perhaps a compacting job gone completely awry?? >> >> Has anyone seen this problem? I've had mail problems before but never >> had my mail deleted like this. Quite frustrating as you can imagine. >> >> Is there a temp file somewhere that may have a copy of my inbox?? >> >> Ed >> > > The nstmp file should have atleast some of the messages from Inbox. > Did you crash ? Were you prompted for compaction or did you > voluntarily chose to do it ? > > Navin >
