On 5/10/2002 3:04 PM, someone claiming to be ming deng wrote: > 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 >
If you righ-click the folder and select "compact this folder", wouldn't that do it? Or are you looking for a command line solution?
