[Users] Access to messages

[john Culleton]

On Fri, 2 Nov 2012 14:58:17 -0400
Steve Litt <slitt at troubleshooters.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 2 Nov 2012 14:53:53 -0400, john Culleton said:
> > My Inbox folder shows 2288 messages but I can't access any
> > of them. There are also subfolders under the Inbox folder but
> > they contain many times that total of messages. 
> > 
> > How do I access these messages? Do I need to export them and then
> > reload them somehow?
> > 
> > -- 
> > John Culleton
> 
> 
> Hi John,
> 
> This depends on whether you're using IMAP or not. I know only Claws
> using an IMAP server. When stuff like what you describe happens to me,
> I right click the account and say "check for new folders", then "check
> for new messages", then "Rebuild folder tree"
> 
> DANGER WILL ROBINSON: "Rebuild folder tree" deletes your local IMAP
> cache, so if your local IMAP cache is important to you, don't do it.
> Personally, I view IMAP cache as just more gigabytes devoured
> needlessly. But then again, I personally administer my IMAP server, so
> I can afford to be so cavalier. 
> 
> If you store your email's locally under Claws instead of on an IMAP
> server, please ignore everything I said in this email.
> 
> HTH
> 
> SteveT
> 
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I store all email locally. So I guess I don't use an imap server. 

Any other suggestions?
-- 
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