Subject: Error with INBOX

From: Dave Wood <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 1995 07:07:25 -0500

When i start up my PINE 3.89 program on my Linux system, it says:
Folder format invalidated (consult an expert) aborted. After that it says:
No folder opened.  Once it says that, it will allow me to compose 
messages, and open all the saved mail folders, except for the INBOX. This 
is really annoying. It happened on June 1st, right after the program 
prompted me to move all sent-mail to May-sent-mail. If ya need any more 
information I would be happy to oblige. Thank you in advance for any help 
you can give me.

Dave 

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From: Terry Gray <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 11:09:25 -0700 (PDT)

Suggestions:

 o Upgrade to 3.91

 o Start by renaming your inbox file (e.g. /usr/spool/mail/drwood) to
something else, so a new inbox will be created for subsequent incoming
messages.

 o Look at the damaged file with an editor and see how it differs from a
valid mailbox... Look for extra newlines at the beginning of the file, for
example.  Or a message with a null in it.

None of that gets to the root cause of the problem, but it might give you
a start.

-teg