[Users] randomly parts of claws configuration get corrupted

Steve Litt slitt at troubleshooters.com
Wed Feb 15 11:35:54 CET 2012


On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:19:06 +0000
Paul <claws at thewildbeast.co.uk> wrote:

> On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:36:59 +0100
> Hanno Böck <hanno at hboeck.de> wrote: 
> 
> > Am Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:10:16 +0000
> > schrieb Paul <claws at thewildbeast.co.uk>:
> > 
> > > Hanno,
> > > 
> > > What filesystem are you using?  
> > ext4
> 
> There are (or have been) known issues, generally, with ext4 and data
> loss.

Ouch! I use ext4 exclusively.

Can I safely assume that if my emails all reside in a maildir tree
controlled by dovecot IMAP, Claws-Mail won't destroy my actual emails,
but only its own configuration?

Thanks

StevET



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