[Users] How badly have I screwed myself?

[Dustin Miller]

On Wed, 06 Apr 2022 16:08:13 +0000
"Pierre Fortin" <pf at pfortin.com> wrote:

> Next:
>  mv Mail Mail.pfortin
>  cm --alternate-config-dir .claws-mail.pfortin
> gives lots of "not found"
> 
> Now, it appears my Mail is gone.  Found it at ~/tmp/maildirs/Mail
> Moved it back to ~
> Tried again and folder list showing lots of folders with 0 messages.
> Some folders showed a count; but switching to them zeros the count.
> 
DM: Hi, Pierre. Have you looked in the /.claws-mail/folderlist.xml file
to make sure the paths point to the new location of your mail? (You'll
be looking for one or more lines [one for each mailbox, I believe] that
start with '<folder type='.) This is where I normally check/edit this
path as needed, but I think there is also a way to do the same through
the Claws Mail settings somehow somewhere. Hope that helps, ---Dustin
> 
> I know...  it's obvious there must be a pointer:
>    #mh/Mailbox -> /home/pfortin/Mail
> but did not find it anywhere.
> 
> I think I can recover all my mail from the old laptop, and any new
> mail (likely except Sent) from POP3 server; but before I go there, is
> my mail just in some location I haven't found, or all lost?  (97K
> mails)