MC wrote:
> Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:
>> MC wrote:
>>> Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:
>>>> MC wrote:
>>>>> Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:
>>>>>> MC wrote:
>>>>>>> Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:
>>>>>>>> MC wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Netscape 7.2, Windows XP
>>>>>>>>> Suddenly my junk mail no longer automatically goes to my Junk
>>>>>>>>> Folder. It says "The message could not be moved or copied to
>>>>>>>>> folder "Junk" because writing to the folder failed. To gain
>>>>>>>>> disk space, from the file menu, first choose Empty Trash, and
>>>>>>>>> then choose Compact Folders, and then try again." I've done
>>>>>>>>> this several times to no avail. Seems that when I select
>>>>>>>>> Compact Folders, only the Inbox is compacted, none of the
>>>>>>>>> others, no matter which one I have highlighted. If I just
>>>>>>>>> click once on the Junk folder I get a never-ending hourglass.
>>>>>>>>> Can anyone help?
>>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> close Netscape. Then locate the file junk.msf within the
>>>>>>>> Netscape profile. Once found, delete it. Restart Netscape. Did
>>>>>>>> this fix things?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Unfortunately, no, that did not change anything. Netscape will
>>>>>>> not let me delete the Junk folder, either. (I did delete the
>>>>>>> junk.msf file.) Any other suggestions?
>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> you did this with the program closed, right?
>>>>>>
>>>>> Correct. I did not, however, reboot my computer, if that might be
>>>>> necessary.
>>>>
>>>> reboot no necessary. Then I can't help you any further. Try asking
>>>> the guys at: http://www.ufaq.org/
>>>>
>>> Thanks. I believe something has been corrupted within the program.
>>> I still get the interminable hourglass when I single click on the
>>> Junk folder and Junk mail still will not go into the folder. I will
>>> try the website you gave me.
>>
>> try compacting the folders [under File]
>>
> I did compact all my folders - to no avail. What finally worked was
> re-naming my JUNK folder (JUNK_OLD) where my mail settings reside
> (Do***ents & Settings, etc.), then creating a new JUNK folder and
> eventually deleting the JUNK_OLD folder. Then my junk mail began going
> into the new JUNK folder. Just thought you'd like to know.
>
> MC
thanks for the info. Have you been emptying the junk
folder?
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