Arnt Karlsen wrote:
On Wed, 02 May 2012 15:39:05 -0400, Dan wrote in message .....if Inbox.msf is your email,...That looks like a Mozilla SeaMonkey or Thunderbird mail _index_ file. If it is, it can be deleted and SeaMonkey/Thunderbird will re-create it (from the corresponding mail data file) the next time the corresponding mail folder is opened/viewed. In my experience (as a long-time Mozilla user and occasional mail file hacker--but _not_ developer or expert), the only thing the OP might lose is his or her choice of display order (by date vs. sender, etc., and whether threaded display or not)...that sounds like the very best case scenario.
No. Losing the display order setting is probably the _worst-case_ scenario--mail messages are stored in a separate file, so deleting Inbox.msf definitely will not lose the mail message data in Inbox. Most of Inbox.msf is just indexing of Inbox for quicker listing of header in the UI and quicker access to the data in Inbox, and SeaMonkey re-creates Inbox.msf and that indexing data if Inbox.msf doesn't exist when you try to accessing the Inbox folder. Daniel