Thanks Greg,
I did rename the two trash.index files and restarted kmail, then resorting a
few times to no avail. I will try deleting them.
Smitty
On Wednesday 02 October 2002 11:45, you wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Smitty wrote:
> > I just moved a slug thread "partition changes" to the trash and now I
> > cannot find it in the trash, but using a text editor can find it in the
> > kmail trash file. It is there but will not display. I am using kmail
> > 1.3.1 Is this a bug or a feature? How do I fix it?
> > Smitty
>
> I've seen this kind of thing discussed on the Kmail list when I was
> investigating similar things happening to mine. It seems there has been a
> problem with the index files becoming corrupted. Stopping and starting
> Kmail might fix it. I've also seen missing messages appear after
> switching between folders or forcing a resort, by date or sender, for
> instance. Another trouble-shooting tip they had was to delete the index
> files and let Kmail recreate them the next time it gets launched. They
> were talking about files like ~/Mail/.trash.index. Note that it is a
> hidden "." file. There is an index file and maybe a sorted index file
> for each folder you use. Please infer here all the normal caveats and
> warnings about deleting application files, such as backing them up,
> renaming them, not letting the application attempt to access or lock
> them, etc.
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