[Solved] Re: mailbox problems (ongoing)
Follow-up item... In the process of shuffling between the truncated mailbox and backup recoveries, I copied everything to separate folders, then re-indexed the inbox. When I copied everything back into the inbox (and re-indexing), things are all behaving correctly. Although I have a handful of folders in my inbox, I'm doubtful that those are contributing to the problem. Among other things, I've seen zero problems with messages being deleted -- only messages in the inbox whose send dates don't have October as the sending month. I know that there are some (both Seamonkey and Thunderbird) that advocate against using inbox folders, although I've done that for years, on multiple accounts, and I've never had problems with doing so. Although I'm curious as to why things are going missing in the way that I've described, I'm content to know how to fix things, if they go wrong again. Smith ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: mailbox problems (ongoing)
EE wrote: Stop using the inbox for permanent storage. Make a separate folder and put messages you want to keep in there. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Keep_it_working_-_Thunderbird I noted before, it's not permanent storage. Smith ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: mailbox problems (ongoing)
NFN Smith wrote: NFN Smith wrote: 2) About an hour ago, I found that a bunch of messages have gone missing from my inbox, and I haven't purged or deleted anything en masse (although I was doing maintenance work and deleted a handful of messages one at a time). I just had this happen again. I again recovered from backups (and knowing what to do, it went quickly). However, when I completed my work, I went to the properties of the folder and clicked "Repair folder" to rebuild the index, and I had the same thing happen, yet again -- all messages whose send dates are not October (of whatever year) have disappeared. I can recover from backups again, easily enough, but to me, I'm wondering if routine maintenance of compressing folders is causing this to happen. I think I've seen this kind of thing happen before, where re-indexing causes messages to disappear. What can I do to keep this from happening again? Smith Stop using the inbox for permanent storage. Make a separate folder and put messages you want to keep in there. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Keep_it_working_-_Thunderbird ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: mailbox problems (ongoing)
NFN Smith wrote: 2) About an hour ago, I found that a bunch of messages have gone missing from my inbox, and I haven't purged or deleted anything en masse (although I was doing maintenance work and deleted a handful of messages one at a time). I just had this happen again. I again recovered from backups (and knowing what to do, it went quickly). However, when I completed my work, I went to the properties of the folder and clicked "Repair folder" to rebuild the index, and I had the same thing happen, yet again -- all messages whose send dates are not October (of whatever year) have disappeared. I can recover from backups again, easily enough, but to me, I'm wondering if routine maintenance of compressing folders is causing this to happen. I think I've seen this kind of thing happen before, where re-indexing causes messages to disappear. What can I do to keep this from happening again? Smith ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
