Re: OT: force re-download in clasw-mail

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On Sun, 25 Feb 2018 16:31:32 -0700, stan wrote:

> On Sun, 25 Feb 2018 22:49:12 +0000 (UTC)
> Amadeus WM <amadeus84@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> I accidentally deleted my inbox messages. I'm accessing my email via
>> pop3 and they are still on the server, but when click "Get Mail" in
>> claws- mail, nothing happens. Probably claws-mail knows I once had them
>> and deleted them, so it's not bringing them again.
>> 
>> Is there any way to trick claws-mail into re-downloading my inbox
>> messages?
> 
> I haven't done this, but it should work.  Exit claws mail.  In your home
> directory there is a directory called .claws-mail.  In that directory
> there is another directory called uidl.  Go into that directory and do
> an ls.  Look for the file of the email account that you are interested
> in resetting.  Edit its file, and remove the last X entries, enough to
> capture all the messages that you accidentally deleted.  Save it, and
> now restart claws mail.  If you click get mail, it should download the
> messages you deleted (actually, all the X messages whose markers you
> removed from the file you edited).
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That's what I've been looking for, seems to be working. Thank you very 
much! 

I'm glad I wasn't using IMAP.

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