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 all the mail once again. Woo-hoo!

Much thanks,
-Neil.



--- In linux@yahoogroups.com, Michael Kjorling <michael@...> wrote:
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> On 8 Jun 2008 03:24 -0000, by tolip13@... (Neil):
> > 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.
>
> 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
> while you do) with no ill effects.
>
> The only index maildir uses is the file system-level directory index.
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