[kdepim-users] Re: Lost "rebuild index"?

[Ingo Klöcker]

On Saturday 29 January 2011, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Saturday 29 January 2011 15:19:59 Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> > On Saturday 29 January 2011, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > On Friday 28 January 2011 18:20:44 Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> > > > On Thursday 27 January 2011, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > > > I'm using Fedora 14 with KMail Version 1.13.5 and my inbox
> > > > > has begun to show me the infamous "unknown" messages.  I
> > > > > looked for the Rebuild Index facility, but couldn't find it
> > > > > either on the folder context menu or on the Folder top menu.
> > > > >  I know I can delete index files, but I wanted to try the
> > > > > rebuild first. Doesn't it exist in this version?
[snip]
> > 
> > Or are we talking about an IMAP folder? For IMAP folders there is
> > no such button in the Maintenance tab.
> 
> Yes, plain IMAP.
> 
> > > It tells me that
> > > my index is
> > > /home/anne/.kde/share/apps/kmail/imap/.133252502.directory/.INBOX
> > > .in dex.
> > 
> > Okay, so we seem to be talking about IMAP folders (which are stored
> > in .../kmail/imap) and not disconnected IMAP folders (which are
> > stored in .../kmail/dimap). OTOH, above you mention maildir. But
> > KMail uses mbox for the local IMAP cache (only message headers)
> > and maildir for the local disconnected IMAP cache (complete
> > messages). So, either one of your statements is wrong or your
> > setup is utterly screwed.
> 
> Yes, thanks to that statement I've found the mbox file.  So if the
> Inbox is on
> /mnt/server/anne/.kde/share/apps/kmail/imap/.1687036093.directory/
> where are the index files?  I've got three (No Subject) Unknown
> Unknown 0B messages in the IMAP Inbox.

The index files are always next to the mbox file. So under
/mnt/server/anne/.kde/share/apps/kmail/imap/.1687036093.directory/
there should at least be INBOX, .INBOX.index, .INBOX.index.ids.


> > The top-level account folders in .../kmail/imap and .../kmail/dimap
> > are always empty. They are just used as containers for the
> > accounts' real top-level folders.
> > 
> > Is there a .1687036093.directory folder?
> > 
> > Have a look at the [Account ...] sections in your kmailrc to see
> > which ID KMail uses for your IMAP account.
> 
> Right.  By examining the kmailrc both on the laptop and on the server
> it becomes clearer where these numbers come from.  The laptop calls
> my IMAP account 133252502 while the server calls it 1687036093. 
> Does that explain where I went wrong, and where I should be looking?

You need to look into the .directory folder with the corresponding 
number, i.e. .133252502.directory on the laptop and 
.1687036093.directory on the server.


Regards,
Ingo
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