Derry, Doesn't sound too good. Inability to copy the mail database indicates a file-system level problem, first make a backup and then try Disk Utility !
Afterwards, the one file that you can safely delete is "Message Database index" and then try rebuilding this. jean michel/ctm qa On Wed, 14 May 2008 15:59:43 +0100, Derry Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi, > > >My MacBook locked up ealier today and had to force a restart. > >PowerMail said it needed to reindex the mail. It got nearly to the end >then froze up. > >I've tried a low-level rebuild, a database compact both of which failed. > >I can't copy the mail database, it gets to 1.04 GB of 1.64GB and fails. > >I'll try an export of the entire database later (I'll run it overnight) >and see if that works. > >Powermail seems to be working ok on the damaged database, albeit without >any search capability. > >Any other ideas? > >Cheers > >-- >Derry > > >
