Re: modb error makes wl unuasable

[Vitaly Mayatskikh <v.mayatskih@gmail.com>]

At Thu, 20 May 2010 09:57:05 -0400, Matt Price wrote:
> 
> Hey folks, 
> 
> once again stumped while trying to use wl.  I accidentalyl typed M-x wl
> when what I really wanted was just "w" to compose a message; wl seemed
> to recover but now when I try to view a folder I get this error:
> 
> Loading msgdb for %
> inbox:pricemat/clear@mailbox126.utcc.utoronto.ca:993...
> modb-standard-load-msgid: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil
> Quit
> Loading msgdb for %
> inbox:pricemat/clear@mailbox126.utcc.utoronto.ca:993...
> modb-standard-load-msgid: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil
> Quit
> 
> then my cursor is stuck at position 1 in the summary bufer and i can't
> execute any commands -- well, fortunately i at least seem t be able to
> perform a "q" & exit the buffer, but so far nothing else i've tried has
> worked.  
> 
> i wonder whether this is something to do with the msgdb, and whether I
> can just delete that from wherever it lives & try again?  Can nyone give
> me any pointers?  Thanks much,

You can freely kill elmo db for IMAP folder. It will only take some
time to rebuild it.

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wbr, Vitaly