Search problems

Search results are incomplete (some emails that contain the search phrase  
appear, others do not) no matter where I enter the search phrase - Start  
Search, Quick Search, or Mail->Search.  I suppose this is an index problem  
but I cannot find any concise instructions on how to fix it.  Any guidance  
appreciated.

On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:24:02 -0400, Carl Hansen <cipher99@sonic.net>
wrote:

> Search, Quick Search, or Mail->Search.  I suppose this is an index
problem
> but I cannot find any concise instructions on how to fix it.  Any guidance

See http://groups.google.com/group/opera.mail+news/msg/44d5018b21f60909?
for detailed instructions on how to export all of the messages, and what to
delete prior to re-importing the messages.

Regards, Dave Hodgins

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On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:13:05 -0700, David W. Hodgins  
<dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:24:02 -0400, Carl Hansen <cipher99@sonic.net> 

> wrote:
>
>> Search, Quick Search, or Mail->Search.  I suppose this is an index 

>> problem
>> but I cannot find any concise instructions on how to fix it.  Any  
>> guidance
>
> See http://groups.google.com/group/opera.mail+news/msg/44d5018b21f60909?
> for detailed instructions on how to export all of the messages, and what  
> to
> delete prior to re-importing the messages.
>
> Regards, Dave Hodgins
>

Thanks for your help Dave.  The program works.  The bad news is that I  
have to work my way through maybe a hundred subfolders with mbs files in  
them, get 4 years worth of emails (the majority of which I thought were  
deleted) into a figurative pile, and go through them one by one to find  
what I want to keep.  It's like going through the city dump to find a  
couple emails.  Realistically I will just have to start a new mail file  
 from scratch, with some profanities mumbled in the direction of Norway.   

Op Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:41:07 +0100 schreef Carl Hansen  
<cipher99@sonic.net>:

> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:13:05 -0700, David W. Hodgins  
> <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:24:02 -0400, Carl Hansen
<cipher99@sonic.net>  
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Search, Quick Search, or Mail->Search.  I suppose this is an
index  
>>> problem
>>> but I cannot find any concise instructions on how to fix it.  Any 

>>> guidance
>>
>> See
http://groups.google.com/group/opera.mail+news/msg/44d5018b21f60909?
>> for detailed instructions on how to export all of the messages, and  
>> what to
>> delete prior to re-importing the messages.
>>
>> Regards, Dave Hodgins
>>
>
> Thanks for your help Dave.  The program works.  The bad news is that I  
> have to work my way through maybe a hundred subfolders with mbs files in  
> them, get 4 years worth of emails (the majority of which I thought were  
> deleted) into a figurative pile, and go through them one by one to find  
> what I want to keep.  It's like going through the city dump to find a  
> couple emails.  Realistically I will just have to start a new mail file  
>  from scratch, with some profanities mumbled in the direction of  
> Norway.  Don't they ever take out the trash in that country?  Grumble,  
> grumble.

Opera 9.5 will be able to import Opera 7/8/9 mail straight from an  
existing mail directory.

-- 

                                                    Rijk van Geijtenbeek
                                  Opera Software ASA, Documentation & QA
                                   Tweak: http://my.opera.com/Rijk/blog/

"The most common way to get usability wrong is to listen to what users

On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:25:20 -0700, Rijk van Geijtenbeek  
<rijk@opera-dot-com.invalid> wrote:

> Op Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:41:07 +0100 schreef Carl Hansen  
> <cipher99@sonic.net>:
>
>> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:13:05 -0700, David W. Hodgins  
>> <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:24:02 -0400, Carl Hansen
<cipher99@sonic.net>  
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Search, Quick Search, or Mail->Search.  I suppose this is an
index  
>>>> problem
>>>> but I cannot find any concise instructions on how to fix it. 
Any  
>>>> guidance
>>>
>>> See  
>>>
http://groups.google.com/group/opera.mail+news/msg/44d5018b21f60909?
>>> for detailed instructions on how to export all of the messages, and
 
>>> what to
>>> delete prior to re-importing the messages.
>>>
>>> Regards, Dave Hodgins
>>>
>>
>> Thanks for your help Dave.  The program works.  The bad news is that I 

>> have to work my way through maybe a hundred subfolders with mbs files 

>> in them, get 4 years worth of emails (the majority of which I thought 

>> were deleted) into a figurative pile, and go through them one by one to
 
>> find what I want to keep.  It's like going through the city dump to  
>> find a couple emails.  Realistically I will just have to start a new  
>> mail file  from scratch, with some profanities mumbled in the direction
 
>> of Norway.  Don't they ever take out the trash in that country?   
>> Grumble, grumble.
>
> Opera 9.5 will be able to import Opera 7/8/9 mail straight from an  
> existing mail directory.
>


I am glad to hear it.
Will M2 continue to keep deleted mail?
Are there plans to provide a way to purge old mail?
Come to think of it maybe purging is just another opportunity to confound