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Re: Lots of (hidden?) messages in IMAP inbox



At Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:27:06 +0000,
Jim Burton wrote:
> 
> Hi, I have an IMAP folder and every time I open or update it I get
> this message:
> 
> Too many messages(2803) in %inbox:jim@mail.sdf-eu.org.  Update all? (y
> or n)  
>

AFAICT this only happens with the CVS version. On another machine with
the same config I use 2.14 and don't see this message. Strange!

Jim
> This is annoying because there are only ~200 messages in the inbox and
> I have to type 'y' each time to see them. I presume the messages are
> in a Trash folder on the server or something like that? How can I find
> out where they are and remove them?
> 
> The line in .folders for this folder is very simple, like 
> 
> %inbox:jim@mail.host.org	"inbox"
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jim