On Saturday 12 January 2019 16:13:21 deloptes wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote: > >> Another bit of info: mc see's the dot directories, and in exploring > >> for oddball trash, I found indice files that were not related to > >> the directory they were in and I deleted them all, then restarted > >> kmail, which of course complained about this "emc" directories > >> indice file, so I assume it would rebuild, then open kmails gui. > >> But when it had done so, there is not an indice file visible, so I > >> am now wondering if all these empty directories can be nuked. > >> > >> But before I do that, I'll restart kmail again to see if it now > >> complains about the emc directory. > > > > No, the restart was clean, no complaints. I'm going to get rid of > > the now empty dot directories next. > > In general you are not supposed to work directly with the directories > - use the interface - this is my approach to kmail, but I also use > kontact and not kmail directly. My mail is on the mailserver(s) - I > have setup also one local and since then it is a blessing (dovecot > IMAP - took me a while to configure). I came across dbmail some years > ago, but never had the chance to try it myself - it looks even better > than dovecot. > > I don't know how you handle your mails and why you should have them > somewhere around. > > An error I made many years ago is to mix up the directory where imap > was writing and where the local mails were written by kmail - if you > have something messing up in between could cause a lot of headache. > Since I put it right no issues, but also all mails go to exim/dovecot. > > hope it helps > Probably not much in this case as I keep those emails I might need to go back and consult again locally for future reference in case the network goes toes up or face down. Some folders don't have an expire at all and go back 17 years. I think I have it sorted for the time being. But problems like this are more often found by code checkers than by humans and I've been around this circus for long enough to both know, and accept that finding something as exotic as this, in a code base this old, is probably impossible. Thanks for being concerned, I do appreciate it. > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > trinity-users-unsubscribe@... For additional > commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@... Read > list messages on the web archive: > http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to > top-post: > http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting Cheers, Gene Heskett --