On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 12:10:19PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I use mutt both at home and at work on the same mailbox. Yesterday it
> mysteriously purged the last 15 days worth of email. I intended to
> quit and restart it, but it said 'writing mailbox...', and then
> reopened it with 15 days worth of emails gone. :'( This is a serious
> bug! I'm going to use Mutt in read-only mode from now on in the hope
> that it will prevent these spontanious large purges...
>
>
> Phil
>
> PS- A coworker using the same version (1.2.4i) on a different computer
> noted that he had a similar experience. I'll try upgrading to 1.2.5,
> but I've lost my confidence in letting it run r/w.
How odd. I've been using mutt for years and have never had it purge mail
unwanted. I don't recall when I was using what revisions, but I'm currently
using 1.2.5i and have been for quite some time... and I use it quite heavily.
I struggle to keep my main inbox below 1000 messages, and a few of my other
boxes that procmail dumps into are approaching that number as well.
Is it possible you're running into disk quota limits?
- myrddin
