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baden@unixg.ubc.ca   (Baden Kudrenecky) writes: > In <KKos3.4191$X4.9382@newsfeeds.bigpond.com>, robin <robin_v@bigpond.com> writes:
> >Hi,
> >   I received a large email under Ultimail Lite (Warp 3)
> >
> >   The session closed normally (I didn't delete the email).
> >
> >   But when I started Ultimail the next day, the
> >inbox wouldn't come up, and none of the mail
> >items in the mail box would appear.
> >
> >   Furthermore, because the inbox won't come up,
> >I can't send email.
> >
> >   Has anyone had this problem?
> >
> >   How did you fix it?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Robin
> 
> 
>    This is similar to a recurring problem I have had in
> UltiMail, namely that the folders will disappear.  The only sure
> way for me to fix it, is to re-boot, but if I can open up large
> folders, sometimes I can crash UltiMail, which will allow me to
> then re-start the program, and view all the folders.  I have
> tried many ways to circumvent this problem, but the best
> solution so far appears to be to move all the InBox messages to
> a different folder before you open them.
> 
>    If you can't open the InBox after re-booting, it is probably
> an INI corruption problem, and I could suggest doing some INI
> maintenance, or maybe try running "\tcpip\umail\DESTWPS.CMD",
> re-boot, and then run "\tcpip\umail\MAKEWPS.CMD".  If you can
> open the InBox, but it is empty, and there are actual messages
> in "\tcpip\umail\Server\InBox", then you can run :
> 
> [E:\tcpip\umail]makeidx ??
> IBM UltiMail Index File Builder
> -------------------------------
> 
> Syntax:
> MAKEIDX ? | directory userid [/LOGO | /NOLOGO] [/QUIET | /NOQUIET]
>         [/DELETE | NODELETE]
> 
> directory            root directory of the tree for which index files
>                      should be built; all directories under this root
>                      will have an index file built for them
> userid               userid of user who owns this mailstor directory
> LOGO | nologo        display initial logo and ask for confirmation
> VERBOSE | noverbose  type file names as they are processed
> DELETE | nodelete    delete unburst letters after bursting them
> 
> Description:
> MAKEIDX, or Make Index builds the necessary index files for
> the UltiMail database.  Most information in the index files is
> automatically recoverable.  However, some user specified attributes,
> such as user given Folder names are not automatically recovered.
> 
>    BTW, I am finally abandoning UltiMail after five years, due
> to this problem combined with me not wanting to configure
> sendmail.uml to allow different smtp and pop addresses to beat
> the mail relay impediments, and to change sendmail to allow fast
> mail spam and and also the difficulty with configuring UltiMail
> for my new systems.  I still like the interface the best, but
> the problems overtook the advantages.
> 
> 
> baden
> 
> baden@unixg.ubc.ca
> http://baden.nu/
> OS/2, Solaris & Linux

Many thanks Baden.

   I didn't know where to start with your suggestions, but
I thought trying MAKEIDX would be a good start --- and that ws
it!  As soon as that was done, the inbox window came up when
I started up ULTIMAIL.

Robin