Re: Aargh! Anyone know how to repair Netscape Mail?

[Wandered Inn <esoteric@denali.atlnet.com>]

Steve Cohen wrote:
> 
> I'm an inveterate pack rat.  I have a hard time getting rid of Email
> messages.  Last time I looked my Inbox had over 5000 messages.  I should
> get rid of 99% of the them, but who the heck has time?
> 
> Now I find that I couldn't even get into Netscape mail.  Netscape just
> quits on me whenever I try.  I suppose I should take the hint and just
> delete my Inbox and start over.  What I did was simply rename the inbox,
> so I can theoretically bring it back to life if someone out there knows
> how to "help" me and can tell me.

What kind of error are you getting?

Are you running out of disk space?

First, I would remove the .*.summary files under your netscape mail
tree, then try and open email again.

Once you've renamed your inbox, does Netscape email come up?  You can
read a Netscape mailbox with elm or other standard Unix mail reader,
it's the same format.  You might try using one of them to reduce the
size of the email box.

If you can get netscape mail to come up without your current Inbox, then
it's probably a size issue.  What you can then try is reduce the size of
the Inbox with another mail reader and then try starting Netscape
Messenger again.

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Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric@denali.atlnet.com

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