Hello Jerome, >>Now I am wondering what the difference is between 'Rebuild Sort Indices' >>and 'Rebuild Index', also between 'Compact Mail, Address and Settings >>Databases' and 'Compact Database'. > >"Rebuild sort indices" from the First Aid dialog rebuilds the sort index >by date, subject etc that is used when you change the sort column. On >some rare circumstances, this index can become corrupted, and the >consequence is that some messages may disappear from their folder. > >"Rebuild index" from the file / database menu rebuilds the search index, >which is used when searching with FoxTrot (but currently not used by the >"view only"). > >"Compact database" is the same in the First Aid dialog and in the File / >Database menu: it compacts the mail, address and settings databases. > >"Compact index" from the File / Database menu compacts the FoxTrot search >index.
Thanks for the explanation. I have just discovered that, after using "Rebuild index" from the File/ Satabase menu, the mail message list in any of my folders will no longer resort when I click on a different column heading. The original column heading remains gray. I tried the usual first four fixes in the First Aid list which didn't help. Did another "Rebuild index" from the File/Satabase menu which didn't help either. Have I broken something? Regards, Frank -- Frank Mitchell, Scottsdale, Arizona
