Laura or Brian wrote:
A Williams wrote:
Laura or Brian wrote:
Periodically, all of the emails in my inbox just disappear, and
rebuilding the directory will not bring them back. What gives, and what
do I have to do to retrieve them? Please advise in simple lay terms for
a non-techy. Thanks!
Laura
I assume you don't have backups.
You are using the newest Seamonkey under Windows (whatever Windows NT
5.1; rv:14.0 is).
I have not been in this situation for a very long time but this is what
I did a few years ago
(clearing Cache first might be an idea)
Exit seamonkey completely.
Take a backup of your %appdata%\mozilla directory
Then go into %appdata%\mozilla\seamonkey\PROFILE-NAME\Mail and delete
the .msf files there. You probably have subdirectories so do it there
as well. Sub-subdirectories?
Restart seamonkey.
Clicking on the various mail directories in Seamonkey should get them up
and running again.
If that worked - rejoice. Then start trying to work out how it happened.
If it did *not*, no idea.
If things are worse, you *did* backup %appdata%\mozilla/seamonkey?
best of luck.
I have my mail-settings to keep the mails on the servers for a month or
so, or if I delete them. That makes reverting to backups pretty
painless.
Thanks. How do I take a backup?
All of my subdirectories are still there - it's just the main inbox
contents that went away. I did a search and could not find the missing
inbox or the corresponding .msf file.
I also have my settings to keep emails on the server till I delete -
that's why I find this so mysterious.
I haven't ranted about this in years. So, here goes.
You use a computer and do not do regular backups??? Forget backing up
your Mozilla profile, concentrate on developing a strategy for backing
up your entire system and evey PC on it.
There are a zillion programs out there, free and paid, to do automated
backups of your system.
For God's sake, launch Google and study!
FYI
http://www.todo-backup.com/products/home/free-backup-software.htm
Get educated. When (not "if") your system fails you'll have a backup.
And, if you haven't done this you'll get little or now sympathy here.
You have your brakes on your car checked regularly? Your furnace
checked? Your lawn treated? Your dog? C'mon!!!
--
Ed Mullen
http://edmullen.net/
If you believe in telekinesis, raise my hand.
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