> Maildir's are real directories not single files. Single files are > generally in the mbox format. kmail automatically adds in index to the > mbox files if they don't exist. If they do exist and are wrong - that may > be the cause of the problem. The indexes are called .<folder name>.index > (note the . at the front - which generally makes them hidden - you need to > do an ls -a on the directory to see them.
-rw------- 1 oracle oracle 3022742791 2002-10-20 20:12 Data -rw------- 1 oracle oracle 33 2002-10-20 20:12 .Data.index -rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oracle 33 2002-10-20 20:12 .Data.index.ids -rw------- 1 oracle oracle 1042561 2002-10-22 04:36 Pan -rw------- 1 oracle oracle 7321 2002-10-22 04:36 .Pan.index -rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oracle 117 2002-10-22 04:36 .Pan.index.ids -rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oracle 329 2002-10-20 20:10 .Pan.index.sorted -rw------- 1 oracle oracle 2898162 2002-10-21 21:03 sent-mail -rw------- 1 oracle oracle 18621 2002-10-21 21:03 .sent-mail.index -rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oracle 297 2002-10-21 21:03 .sent-mail.index.ids -rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oracle 2467 2002-09-14 19:29 .sent-mail.index.sorted This is an excerpt of my Mail folder directory listing. Judging from the index file sizes of the other two KMail directories, Pan and sent-mail, I conclude that the index file for the Data directory has become damaged. If you feel this is a fair assessment, how can I correct the situation? -- Comments and information are appreciated. Robert
