R.Danner III wrote: > ming deng wrote: > >> I don't want to do "rm -f *.msf" while mozilla is running, for I >> think it probably would be problematic. What components should I call >> then? > > > 1. Exit all instances of Mozilla (browser, Chatzilla, quicklaunch, > mail/news) > 2. Use your OS's delete command to remove the *.msf file set. > 3. Restart mail/news and visit each of the folders... it'll rebuild the > associated *.MSF file. However, this can take a fair bit of time on > folders with > 2000 messages, so be patient. > > I happen to follow this path periodically myself, whenever I get a > problem that might be solved by killing the index files... Sometimes > it works, sometimes it does not.
Sorry, my question was "while mozilla is running". Ming
