[Bug 158439] New: cannot read or delete message

[eddie at cs.rhul.ac.uk]

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           Summary: cannot read or delete message
           Product: kmail
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: unspecified
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kdepim-bugs kde org
        ReportedBy: eddie cs rhul ac uk


Version:           1.9.6 (enterprise 20070904.708012) (using 3.5.8 "release 31.1" , openSUSE )
Compiler:          Target: i586-suse-linux
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.22.17-0.1-default

Occasionally, I get a message that when I highlight it I cannot read it and it remains marked as new.  Trying to change its designation by marking it as old or read is unsuccessful.  Attempts to delete it also do not work.

Today, I succeeded by
1) closing kmail
2) locating and deleting the index file for the folder containing the message
3) starting kmail

Wishlist.  Can a button or option be inserted somewhere in the menu list that can do this function (deleting a corrupt index file)?  If I recall correctly there used to be something like that in earlier versions of kmail.