[Users] CM crashed and burned

[Duke Normandin]

On Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:14:37 +0600
Dustin Miller <dustbiz at gmail.com> wrote:

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> DM: Sure, no problem, Duke. 🙂️ The type of command you used
> works fine for me for my understanding of what you want to do.
> Based on what you've reported above, my guess is that you did not
> use the correct path to the desired config dir (i.e. where you
> have './claws-dir-bak/' in your command). So next step I would
> advise is confirming the full path in your file-system to where
> the config dir is that you want to use (and note that you don't
> want to have a '/' at the end of the path) and then putting that
> into your command to see if it does what you want.
> 
> DM: If you're also wanting to test access to your emails /
> messages and they're not showing up, then you may be able to
> 'fix' that by going (in the menu) to 'File' -- 'Add mailbox' --
> 'MH...' and then browsing to the location where your messages are
> stored. (You may also need to do a right-click on the top-level
> of your mailboxe(s) and choose 'Rebuild folder tree'.) I haven't
> actually used this myself, since I've gotten in the habit of
> manually editing the path(s) in the 'folderlist.xml' file in the
> config dir if/when I need to point to a different location for
> messages.
> 
> DM: Hope these additional thoughts are helpful. Cheers, 

I'll double-check what I ran tomorrow, and give it another shot.
Almost 11pm here so not a good time to crank up the blood pressure
LOL

Thx a bunch!

-- 
Duke