mail 124 headers totally wrong

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mail 124 headers totally wrong

My mail app has a folder with 124 emails and each one has "To" and "Subject" incorrect. They are correct in that I have sent or received as per "To" and "Subject" but inside the email is another completly different email subject and person.

Can I rejog the memory, resynchronize or such and clean these up?

R

Powermac G5, Powerbook G4, Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Oct 21, 2006 5:18 PM

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Answer 1

Oct 22, 2006 5:26 AM in response to Ron Cooper1

What type of account is this (POP, IMAP, .Mac)?

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Answer 2

Ron Cooper1 Author

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Oct 22, 2006 2:55 PM in response to David Gimeno Gost

Hi David,

Thanks for responding. It is a POP account.

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Answer 3

Oct 22, 2006 3:07 PM in response to Ron Cooper1

Hi Ron. You're welcome.

The folder you're talking about then is a custom "On My Mac" folder, or what?

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Answer 4

Ron Cooper1 Author

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Oct 22, 2006 3:21 PM in response to David Gimeno Gost

I am talking about mac - Mail/applications.

Powermac G5, 12" Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

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Answer 5

Oct 22, 2006 3:26 PM in response to Ron Cooper1

Ron, your answer doesn't make sense. Which folder has the 124 messages that have the problem?

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Answer 6

Ron Cooper1 Author

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Oct 22, 2006 6:20 PM in response to David Gimeno Gost

In Mail there is a folder called "a" all my other folders containing mail are there, and in a folder called "in", not my "inbox" are the 124 bad headers. I believe they were imported from Thunderbird.

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Answer 7

Oct 22, 2006 6:30 PM in response to Ron Cooper1

In the Finder, go to ~/Library/Mail/Mailboxes/. With that folder open, do Edit > Select All (⌘A), then Edit > Copy (⌘C), and paste it in your reply to this post to let me see the names of the files and folders it contains -- you may disguise any mailbox names you wish to keep private.

One of those folders should be the "a" folder under which all your custom mailboxes appear in Mail. Post also the contents of the "a" folder, as well as the contents of the "in.mbox" folder that should correspond to the folder that has the problem in Mail.

Note: For those not familiarized with the ~/ notation, it refers to the user's home folder, i.e. ~/Library is the Library folder within the user's home folder.

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Answer 8

Ron Cooper1 Author

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Oct 23, 2006 9:00 AM in response to David Gimeno Gost

a
Deleted Messages.mbox
Info.plist
Junk.mbox
Outbox.mbox

_____________________
Del Maguey
AKA Wine Geek
AKA Wine Geek.mbox
dan
dan.mbox
desilva.mbox
Julian.mbox
Luis.mbox
Prospects
Art.mbox
Closing bell.mbox
Computer
Distributors
DM Family.mbox
E Commerce.mbox
In.mbox
Info.plist
People
Public Relations
upcoming events.mbox
__________________________

_Archived Items
Info.plist
Messages
__________________________
_Archived Items/ Messages
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______________
Messages
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Answer 9

Oct 23, 2006 9:12 AM in response to Ron Cooper1

Well, the contents of the Messages folders themselves waren’t necessary.

Please confirm that the following are the contents of the In.mbox folder that has the problem:

_Archived Items
Info.plist
Messages

This is rather unusual and messy -- there should be no _Archived Items folder there. Also, are you saying that there is yet another Messages folder within _Archived Items?

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Answer 10

Ron Cooper1 Author

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Oct 26, 2006 11:49 AM in response to David Gimeno Gost

shall I delete the archived folder?

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Answer 11

Oct 26, 2006 12:05 PM in response to Ron Cooper1

shall I delete the archived folder?

Wouldn’t it be better to answer my questions instead?

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Answer 12

Ron Cooper1 Author

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Oct 26, 2006 1:00 PM in response to David Gimeno Gost

The following are the contents of the In.mbox folder that has the problem:

_Archived Items
Info.plist
Messages

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Answer 13

Oct 26, 2006 1:05 PM in response to Ron Cooper1

You’ve only answered the first of the two questions I asked.

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Answer 14

Ron Cooper1 Author

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Oct 26, 2006 2:23 PM in response to David Gimeno Gost

yes, there is yet another Messages folder within _Archived Items.

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Answer 15

Oct 26, 2006 2:47 PM in response to Ron Cooper1

1. Quit Mail.

2. Make a backup copy of the ~/Library/Mail folder, just in case something goes wrong while trying to solve the problem. You can do this in the Finder by dragging the folder to the Desktop while holding the Option (Alt) key down, for example.

3. Move _Archived Items out of In.mbox, to the root level of the “a” folder, like your other custom mailboxes.

4. Rename _Archived Items to Archived.mbox.

5. Open Mail. Both In and Archived should appear as independent mailboxes within the “a” folder in Mail. If that’s not the case, post back with your observations.

6. Rebuild both In and Archived by selecting them one at a time and doing Mailbox > Rebuild.

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