[MlMt] cannot delete previously trashed message

Tracy Valleau tracy at dlsi.biz
Sat May 7 17:06:14 EDT 2022


Thanks Bill. I gave the terminal commands a go at it, and now things are... well... different. So the problem keeps changing, but I'll get it figured out.

Appreciate your courtesy!

Tracy
www.valleau.art

On 7 May 2022, at 12:29, Bill Cole wrote:

> See my attached reply to your earlier post on the mailing list
>
>
> On 2022-05-07 at 14:35:52 UTC-0400 (Sat, 07 May 2022 11:35:52 -0700)
> Tracy Valleau <mailmate at lists.freron.com>
> is rumored to have said:
>
>> Hello
>>
>> I have an email listed in my Source/Trash folder that does not physically exist, and I cannot remove the (red) entry.
>>
>> It's my fault: I installed GPG for a bit and then decided I didn't want it. Before I removed it however, someone sent me a signed email to which I replied.
>>
>> The reply failed because I didn't have a signed key. I created a new  unsigned email and replied, and then moved the "not signed" email to the trash.
>>
>> Now it's stuck there. I looked at the trash via Webmail, and it's empty. I looked in the mailmate folders and found it in the local trash and so deleted it with the finder.
>>
>> oops.  The red-text listing for the email still appears in my /source/trash mailbox in Mailmate, and now I get a message telling me I have an Anti-Virus problem. It suggests I try /message/reset, but it's grayed out.
>>
>> It appears that the message only exists in MailMate's internals somewhere, and I cannot find it.
>>
>> So: two things
>>
>> One: a PGP fail should not leave a message which cannot be deleted in the first place and
>>
>> two: I likely made the situation worse with my mucking about...
>>
>> but still and all, there should be -some- way to correct this and/or do a "force delete". At the very least, a way to rebuild the MM internals from what actually is in place on the server. Synchronize did not do it; reset could not be invoked.
>>
>> Suggestions  anyone?
>>
>> TIA
>>
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