Search the web
Sign In
New User? Sign Up
linux · This is a mailing list for Linux
? Already a member? Sign in to Yahoo!

Yahoo! Groups Tips

Did you know...
Want to share photos of your group with the world? Add a group photo to Flickr.

Best of Y! Groups

   Check them out and nominate your group.
Having problems with message search? Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.

Messages

  Messages Help
Advanced
Recovering corrupt maildir index?   Message List  
Reply | Forward Message #53474 of 56689 |
Hi all,

Kmail on Suse 10 here. My HD filled up, and while clearing out old
mail in kmail, I suddenly noticed that my inbox message count went to
zero. I found that all mail files was still in
./.kde/.../mail/inbox/cur/ , but the index file is ultra small, so
somehow it got corrupted. I can't find a way to re-import the mail as
all import options seem to be looking for key files depending on the
import app type.

Is there some way to re-create the index for my existing mail? Or
re-import? If not, would some other mail program import the mail
without an index file? This way I can transfer to another email
client, then import back into kmail.

Thanks,
-Neil.





Sun Jun 8, 2008 3:24 am

cobra_neil
Offline Offline
Send Email Send Email

Forward
Message #53474 of 56689 |
Expand Messages Author Sort by Date

Hi all, Kmail on Suse 10 here. My HD filled up, and while clearing out old mail in kmail, I suddenly noticed that my inbox message count went to zero. I found...
Neil
cobra_neil
Offline Send Email
Jun 8, 2008
3:24 am

... Hash: SHA1 ... Maildir does not use an index file, so you should be able to simply delete/rename/move that file (just be sure nothing uses the maildir ...
Michael Kjorling
sm0yby
Offline Send Email
Jun 8, 2008
9:48 am

Okay, I backed up then deleted the .inbox.index and .inbox.index.ids files and re-started kmail, and after some thinking, it re-created the files, showing me...
Neil
cobra_neil
Offline Send Email
Jun 8, 2008
2:07 pm
Advanced

Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.
Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Guidelines - Help