Re: 3000 Sent Mail messages that weren't there 2 hours ago

[Erik Hetzner <egh@e6h.org>]

At Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:57:52 +0800,
James Harkins wrote:
> I actually prefer using sticky summaries, but didn't know about C-u.
> I'll make it a point to do that from now on. I had been using a
> sticky summary for inbox (RET to enter, then M-s before going to
> another folder) and using "g" in the other summary buffer to switch
> around, but if it's more stable to use sticky summaries for
> everything, I have no problem with that.
> 
> And actually, the filter folder didn't work beautifully. This line
> in .folders caused initialization to barf.
> 
> /to:danceboxtheater|to:mediadog/%"[Gmail]/Sent Mail"
> 
> I didn't notice the first time because it was close to the bottom.
> When I relaunched wanderlust, the filter folder was gone and I
> didn't notice any other problems, so I re-created it. Then it was
> placed close to the beginning in .folders and, after relaunching,
> all the folders after it were gone! Fortunately .folders.bak was
> still there so I could recover.
> 
> So there is some bug in parsing this kind of folder entry. I would
> like to be able to use that filter in the future. Any tips? Attached
> is the broken one.

This bug is a strange one!

As a workaround, you can always append the username and host
information to the folder name.

best, Erik