[Users] Usually stable CLAWs is completely GONE

[rsv869 at roadrunner.com]

Paul and group -

Here's an example of my .claws-mail folder:

reid at reid-mint:~/.claws-mail$ ls -l
total 540
-rw------- 1 reid reid     0 Apr 11 18:13 accountrc
-rw------- 1 reid reid  4034 Apr  8 22:18 accountrc.bak
-rw------- 1 reid reid  1457 Dec 16 17:03 accountrc.bak.1
-rw-rw-r-- 1 reid reid  2001 Apr 11 19:54 accountrc.tmpl
-rw-rw-r-- 1 reid reid  5416 Jan  9 07:13 addrbook
-rw------- 1 reid reid    96 Jan  9 18:04 addrbook-000001.xml
-rw------- 1 reid reid  1730 Mar  8 21:23 addrbook-000002.xml
-rw------- 1 reid reid  1454 Jan 22 15:03 addrbook-000002.xml.bak
-rw------- 1 reid reid 79099 Feb  8 22:25 addrbook-000003.xml
-rw------- 1 reid reid 79098 Feb  2 16:23 addrbook-000003.xml.bak
-rw------- 1 reid reid     0 Apr 11 18:13 addrbook--index.xml
-rw------- 1 reid reid   380 Apr  8 22:18 addrbook--index.xml.bak
-rw-rw-r-- 1 reid reid  5416 Jan  9 18:03 addrbook.tmp
-rw-rw-r-- 1 reid reid 10918 Jan  9 18:09 addrbook.tmp.tmp
-rw-rw-r-- 1 reid reid 10918 Jan  9 19:48 addrbook.tmp.tmp.tmp
-rw-rw-r-- 1 reid reid 67985 Jan 26 21:29 addrbook.tmp.tmp.tmp.tmp
drwx------ 2 reid reid  4096 Jan  9 07:13 addrbook.tmp.tmp.tmp.tmp.bak
drwx------ 2 reid reid  4096 Dec 26 15:39 certs
-rw-rw-r-- 1 reid reid     0 Apr 12 21:04 claws.log
-rw-rw-r-- 1 reid reid     0 Apr 11 19:57 claws.log.bak
-rw------- 1 reid reid  8192 Apr 11 18:13 clawsrc
-rw------- 1 reid reid 11600 Apr 11 18:13 clawsrc.bak
-rw-rw-r-- 1 reid reid   108 Apr 11 18:13 command_history
-rw-rw-r-- 1 reid reid    17 Apr 11 18:13 compose_save_to_history
-rw-rw-r-- 1 reid reid    45 Apr 12 21:04 filtering.log
-rw-rw-r-- 1 reid reid    45 Apr 11 19:57 filtering.log.bak
-rw------- 1 reid reid    59 Dec 16 17:03 filter.xml
-rw------- 1 reid reid   890 Jan 22 15:12 folderitemrc
-rw------- 1 reid reid 12288 Apr 11 18:13 folderlist.xml
-rw------- 1 reid reid 15682 Apr 11 18:08 folderlist.xml.bak
-rw------- 1 reid reid   811 Dec 16 17:03 folderlist.xml.bak.1
drwx------ 3 reid reid  4096 Dec 16 17:03 imapcache
-rw------- 1 reid reid    40 Feb 25 20:58 matcherrc
-rw------- 1 reid reid    40 Feb 25 20:58 matcherrc.bak
-rw------- 1 reid reid    40 Dec 27 14:31 matcherrc.pre_names
-rw------- 1 reid reid 20698 Apr 11 18:13 menurc
-rw-rw-r-- 1 reid reid     0 Apr 11 18:13 messagesearch_history
drwx------ 2 reid reid  4096 Apr 11 18:13 mimetmp
drwx------ 2 reid reid  4096 Dec 16 17:03 newscache
-rw------- 1 reid reid     0 Dec 27 08:51 perl_filter
drwx------ 2 reid reid  4096 Dec 16 17:03 plugins
-rw-rw-r-- 1 reid reid     5 Apr 11 18:13 quicksearch_history
-rw-rw-r-- 1 reid reid     0 Apr 11 18:13 summarysearch_adv_history
-rw-rw-r-- 1 reid reid     0 Apr 11 18:13 summary_searchbody_history
-rw-rw-r-- 1 reid reid    39 Apr 11 18:13 summarysearch_from_history
-rw-rw-r-- 1 reid reid     5 Apr 11 18:13 summarysearch_subject_history
-rw-rw-r-- 1 reid reid     0 Apr 11 18:13 summarysearch_to_history
-rw------- 1 reid reid 35299 Dec 16 17:03 sylpheed.log
-rw------- 1 reid reid  5526 Dec 16 17:03 sylpheedrc
drwx------ 5 reid reid  4096 Dec 27 09:57 tagsdb
-rw-rw-r-- 1 reid reid    91 Apr 11 18:13 tagsrc
drwx------ 3 reid reid  4096 Dec 26 15:07 tempfolder
drwx------ 2 reid reid  4096 Dec 16 17:03 templates
drwx------ 2 reid reid  4096 Apr 11 18:13 tmp
-rw------- 1 reid reid   445 Jan 14 20:39 toolbar_compose.xml
-rw------- 1 reid reid   445 Jan 14 20:39 toolbar_compose.xml.bak
-rw------- 1 reid reid   769 Jan 14 20:39 toolbar_main.xml
-rw------- 1 reid reid   769 Jan 14 20:39 toolbar_main.xml.bak
-rw------- 1 reid reid   519 Jan 27 17:23 toolbar_msgview.xml
-rw------- 1 reid reid   519 Jan 27 17:23 toolbar_msgview.xml.bak
drwx------ 2 reid reid  4096 Apr 11 18:08 uidl
drwx------ 3 reid reid  4096 Apr  7 22:36 vcalendar
reid at reid-mint:~/.claws-mail$ 

thx

Reid


---- Paul <claws at thewildbeast.co.uk> wrote: 
> On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:16:47 -0400
> reid <rsv869 at roadrunner.com> wrote: 
> 
> > Honestly I have 0 idea what occurred.  CLAWs was completely stable,
> > chugging along at 4:30 EST.... I suspended the machine, came back
> > later and restarted CLAWs, and all mail is gone, and the program
> > thinks I want to install a fresh config.
> 
> How do you know all mail is gone if you're not able to start Claws?
> Probably it is still there.
> 
> > Any help would be welcome.
> 
> Probably this would work...
> 
> Have a look in ~/.claws-mail for any files ending in .bak, then
> make a copy of each, removing the .bak suffix. e.g.
> `cp folderlist.xml.bak folderlist.xml`. Then restart Claws and
> hopefully all will be good again.
> 
> with regards
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
> -- 
> It isn't worth a nickel to two guys like you or me, 
> but to a collector it is worth a fortune 
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