lost mail

[Pavel Troller]

> I have recently had to reinstal my OS on my computer and I have insalled KMAIL 
> 1.9.7 (using KDE 3.5.6), I then tried to import all my mail from the previous 
> installation. Now when I oper newly arrived mails there is no problem, but 
> when I try to consult an old mail I see the Sender and subject in the preview 
> window but when I click on it it changes to Sender Unknown and Subject is No 
> Subject. 
> Is there any way arround this?
> MHS
Hi!
  Maybe the index files for your mailboxes are corrupted. Try this:
  1) Backup your mail directory(ies).
  2) cd to the mail directory
  3) remove all the files which names begin with a dot (they aren't normally
visible, use ls -a or an appropriate option for your file manager). They have
suffix .index and .index.ids.
  4) Run kmail. It will take a longer time to start, recreating the index
     files. 
  I hope this helps.
     With regards, Pavel Troller
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