Re: Problem with one mailbox in a large mailstore

[Scott Lambert <lambert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 10:16:35AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote:
> > > On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 11:22:57PM -0500, Scott Lambert wrote:
> > > > My mailspool on the CourierIMAP 2.2.1 server is somewhat large, 734MB.
> > > > Of that only 659MB has made it to my laptop.
> 
> Scott,
> 
> Look in ~/.offlineimap/Account-(whatever)/LocalStatus/Lists.Archives.AStalk.
> 
> This file should begin with:
> 
> OFFLINEIMAP LocalStatus CACHE DATA - DO NOT MODIFY - FORMAT 1
> 
> And each line should have a number, a colon, and zero or more
> single-character flags.

The top and the bottom of the file looked ok.  I didn't read each of the
10,000+ lines.
 
> I suspect that this file is corrupt somehow.  Your best bet is to blow
> away the folder and cache data locally (you may wind up with duplicated
> messages otherwise).  Delete the physical Maildir directory for it, as
> well as the LocalStatus file, and the FolderValidity file in the local
> repository directory under ~/.offlineimap.
 
That did it.  It took a long time to sync up but it worked.  Thanks.

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Scott Lambert                    KC5MLE                       Unix SysAdmin
lambert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx