[Users] CM crashed and burned

[Mike]

WHAT ARE ALL THESE EMAILS FROM DIFFERENT PEOPLE SAYING CRASHED AND BURNED
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Schwendt" <bugs.michael at gmx.net>
To: <users at lists.claws-mail.org>
Sent: Friday, December 20, 2024 4:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Users] CM crashed and burned


> On Fri, 20 Dec 2024 11:42:43 -0700, Duke Normandin wrote:
>
>> > Whatever has gone wrong can only be
>> > solved by restoring working files below $HOME/.claws-mail/
>>
>> Meaning what exactly? What working files?
>
> Well, as you can see, there are several backup files in there. So, 
> depending
> on what errors you have had, you could revert affected files to their 
> older
> backup copy. Or you could (re)move files somewhere else temporarily while
> figuring out which files cause CM to fail.
>
> Also, for the case of starting from scratch and configuring everything
> in CM _again_, you could remove all in $HOME/.claws-mail/ (or move it
> somewhere else for backup reasons).
>
>
> But you've not told what errors you've had, only:
>
>> a bunch of screens about something being wrong with the
>> addressbook, and something else about not being able to
>> read the folderlist
>
> Failure/errors while starting CM can also be caused by bugs in 
> updatedupgraded
> external libraries CM depends on, for example.
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