Re: OT: Mozilla lost tons of email

Hello Tilmann,


Running Mozilla 1.7.3

That's a rather old version - think about upgrading to SeaMonkey 1.0.6.


Yes, but life has taught me that if something works then don't try to fix it. Because doing that usually creates grief.


and this morning it suddenly showed a very small
Inbox. From the thousands of emails in there all but 30 or so have vanished. The Inbox file still has the large size it always had so they must be there (somewhere...) but they just won't show anymore.


Maybe they are just marked "invisible" or "deleted".


Nope :-(

And there is only one profile so that can't be the culprit either.


Do not activate "compress folders"....


Anybody have a clue what happened or what to do?


You should ask that in de.comm.software.mozilla.mailnews (german) or
mozilla.support.mozilla-suite (english, only on the original mozilla
server).


Good idea. Initially I didn't do that because in those types of forums they often give answers that only a hardcore C++ programmer can fathom.


Jim: I know, I know, maybe I should use a more reliable separate Email program. Mozilla has a bit too much bloat for my taste by now. Or maybe I go back to DOS where stuff like this simply doesn't happen.


I find Mozilla (and today SeaMonkey) to be a pretty stable tool for
mail, news, and browser as well.


It's certainly more stable than Netscape or IE but nowhere near as solid as my old Mosaic was. Ah, the good old DOS days. I never, ever, had any issues like this back then.


However, I also organize/archive my mails in folders so inbox/outbox
only rarely exceed 10 MB.


Mine is >200M but I have to deal with large CAD files, EMI screen shots and so on.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com
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