>ok, ig, this works. on index view mutt shows the sender of the >message, after i've viewed it, anymore. > shouldn't there be any further actions taken? i.e. mail to aide? or >better an instant message (instead of the actual mail?)? That depends. Is it just one message? It could have simply been a bad message that arrived, and got badly translated. If it's happening regularly, though, then it's something which should be looked closer at.
> besides, how do i best recover my database inconsistency? This >starts struggling me as I rely on my mails :[ I understand, and if it is happening frequently then we need to have a closer look. If it's just the one message, though, I would suggest that you simply delete it.