[X4U] Disappearing Mailboxes

[Wayne Wilkin]

Thanks Stroller, but the exact same thing happens. They show up for 2-3 seconds then disappear.

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On Sunday, May 27, 2007, at 07:02PM, "Stroller" <macmonster at myrealbox.com> wrote:
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>On 27 May 2007, at 16:46, wilkinw wrote:
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>> OSX4.9, MacBook Pro 2 gig memory.
>>
>> So I launched my mail this morning and to my surprise all my  
>> mailboxes were gone except for in, sent trash. So like a good  
>> computer user of course I had a backup. Week old but none the less  
>> a backup. I copied my backup/Library/Mail folder to my Library Mail  
>> folder, launched mail, they were all there. Oh not really, they  
>> were there for about 3 seconds then all disappeared again. What  
>> they hey! So then ... recopied the backup mail folder, same thing,  
>> they were there for a second or two then disappeared.
>
>With Mail.app closed first, make a copy of ~/Library/Mail
>Next remove Library/Mail/Envelope\ Index & reopen Mail.app
>Does it make any difference? (once the "import" has finished)
>
>What about closing Mail, copying your backup into place, removing  
>Library/Mail/Envelope\ Index and then reopening Mail?
>
>Stroller.
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