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Re: Remove Duplicates from Seamonkey

From	alexyu <alexyu@postpro.net>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.software.seamonkey
Subject	Re: Remove Duplicates from Seamonkey
Date	2021-05-03 16:42 -0300
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Robert Steinmetz wrote, on 03 May 21 10:58:

> Andrew wrote:
>>
>> Aren't duplicate entries a sign of corruption in the files?
>>
>> I had that problem in Thunderbird when downloading (copying) the 
>> entire content of two of the "old" Mozilla Newsgroups to local folders.
>> The corruption was in the Local Folders subdirectory of the profile, I 
>> never found exactly where, I simply made another local copy of that 
>> Newsgroup and - when it turned out to be ok - deleted the first copy.
>>
>> That won't help you much though, if it *is* corruption then you need 
>> to know how to fix it.  My instincts would be to delete the relevant 
>> .msf file but I have a test machine where I can copy the profile and 
>> perform tests like that.
>
> It sometimes happens when a folder loses track of the last message 
> downloaded and downloads messages from the server again, or when a 
> folder is "repaired" and messages are "undeleted" when the indexes are 
> rebuilt. If the undeleted messages are then filed in an archive folder 
> there will be two copies of the message. It's fairly rare, but happens 
> often enough that deleting duplicates is useful.

There's also cases when the sender sends the same message twice (usually 
inadvertently); some email programs offer to delete these duplicates 
automatically but, if not, then you have to do it yourself.

-- 
Best,

s) alexyu

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