It is rumored that on or about 2002-03-18 10:14 AM -0700, Cameron 
Knowlton wrote as follows:
>I seem to have about 12 or 14 messages in my box that never get 
>deleted. checking the Users list via the web admin shows there to be 
>some data in my mailbox, even immediately after checking email.
>
>Is there a sanctioned way to remove these messages, or should I kill 
>the mailbox and re-create it?
>
>thanks in advance, great mail program!
>
>Cameron Knowlton

Cameron

One method I use is to open the mailbox file in BBEdit, select and 
cut all the text, and then save the "apparently" empty file. I say 
apparently, because the account settings live in the resource fork of 
the mail file.

Doing a cut then lets you paste the text to an empty BBEdit doc to 
examine at your leisure.

Make sure there is no mail activity while you have the file open. The 
crude but effective technique I use is to pull the ethernet plug, 
make the change, plug back in ethernet. No need to shut down the 
server.
-- 
Neil

Neil Herber, RGD
Corporate info at http://www.eton.ca/
Eton Systems, 15 Pinepoint Drive, Nepean, ON, Canada K2H 6B1
Tel: (613) 829-4668


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