Mozilla Mail

[Moogie]

Sigh, we are having a bit of a problem.

It all (Mozilla Mail) disappeared again. No warning, no nothing. Had it all working, shut down Mozilla Mail and Browser. Then started Mozilla Mail, and no address book, no email messages, no nuthin'.

My Outlook stuff is still in /.mozilla/default/nnnnnn.slt/Mail/Local
Folders/Outlook Mail.sbd, but I can't see it in Mozilla Mail.

Any ideas?

[Chinasaur]

Try Thunderbird (http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/)


:cheers:

[Moogie]

As I understand it, Thunderbird is a stand alone email client from Mozilla. We'll give it a try.

What makes you suggest Thunderbird?

TIA

[Chinasaur]

It works, it's a stand-alone product, it's free, uses extensions like Mozilla and Firefox and it's not a M$ product.

I usually recommend FoxMail as it's fast, clean and also free. A good piece of work.

[Paratima]

Moogs: You can guinea-pig it for me (maybe for several of us). Let us know how it goes. :D

[Moogie]

Originally posted by Paratima
Moogs: You can guinea-pig it for me (maybe for several of us). Let us know how it goes. :D

Will do..though I don't think I'll pass the words "guinea-pig" on to OWW. Prolly wouldn't go over very well.

Any and all suggestions welcome.

[Bok]

I installed it for my wife a while back to stop her using Outlook Express and she loves it. Personally I just use PINE on linux though. Clean & simple, not a hope of a virus :)

Bok

[Moogie]

Thanks Bok...we'll look into that as well.

[Moogie]

PINE isn't an X-window application, it doesn't suit our needs as it doesn't play nice with, for instance, word processors and that sort of thing.

[Bok]

yup,

character only. Sorry, I didn't mean to put that forward for you to try. It wouldn't suit most people.

Bok

[Chinasaur]

PINE rules for Shell accounts :thumbs:


:cheers:

[QIbHom]

This is a common Moz/Thunderbird problem.

From the Mozilla FAQ;

exit Mozilla (including Quick Launch), find the folders in your user profile that contain your e-mail (the Mail and, if you use IMAP, ImapMail folders). Back up your mail folders, and delete the .msf files. Do not delete files that appear without any extension – these are the files that contain your actual e-mail. Restarting Mozilla Mail should automatically generate new summary files.

To find where your user profile is, follow the directions from the Moz FAQ at; http://www.mozilla.org/start/1.0/faq/profile.html

This happens periodically. Deleting the .msf files takes care of it. Done it at least 10 or 15 times on machines I support.

[Moogie]

Thanks...been away for a couple of days but will try that and let you know what happens.