AmigaActive (203/1947)

From:Dauber
Date:3 Apr 2001 at 15:42:36
Subject:Re: YAM crashes system when opening mail :(

--- Richard <basshead@blue-lagoon.com.au> wrote:

> I have version 2.2 (040) of Yam and recently (last month or so) I
> have
> noticed that it occasionally crashes my system immediately before it
> displays the message text in the window it's just opened when I read
> new
> mail. It doens't do it all the time, but it is annoying when I am
> still
> downloading mail and decide to read a message halfway through
> downloading a
> couple of hundred messages...

I've had that happen. If I remember correctly, it was the result of a
corrupt index file in the mailbox. Whatever folder it is you're reading
when this happens, delete the index file from it. A new one will be
created next time you use YAM, and that should solve your problem.

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