Re: Re: Some newbie issues/questions

Thorsten Maerz wrote:
> Hi Peter,
> 
> On Fri, 7 Mar 2003 10:26:54 -0500 [email protected] (Peter Davis) wrote:
> 
> 
>>On Thu, 6 Mar 2003 13:05:02 -0500
>>Peter Davis <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
>>on Win 2000.  I'd like to move my existing MH folders there, but there appear
>>to be .sylpheed_cache and .sylpheed_mark files in each folder.  Do I need to
>>create those somehow for Sylpheed 0.8.10 Claws to recognize these as proper
>>mail folders?
> 
> 
> No, Sylpheed creates them on its own.
> The .sylpheed_mark contains info, which mails are read, marked, etc. .
> The .sylpheed_cache file is used for fast loading/initialization of
> folders (avoids having to scan the mails).
> 
> Just a note about the cache: If you switch from vanilla Sylpheed or
> had a crash, it might get corrupted and cause wrong display or even
> crashes. Rescanning the foldertree usually works, but in doubt, they
> can safely be deleted without loosing any info.
> Just don't touch the mark files - they don't cause problems.
> 
> OK, enough explanations, the rest can be looked up in the source.
> 
> Regards,

Thanks very much.  Actually, it turns out that I was able to simply move 
all my MH folders over to an empty folder I had created in SC, and then 
restart SC and run 'rebuild folder tree'.  That worked, although it 
marked all of the thousands of messages as new/unread.  That was simple, 
but time consuming, to fix.

Thanks!

-pd



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