[mew-int 00678] Re: Stale .mew-* files

[Kazu Yamamoto ( 山本和彦 )]

From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp at example.com>
Subject: [mew-int 00670] Stale .mew-* files

> 	 1) I look at folder +foo with mew.  It has 500 messages.
> 	 2) In xterm I do a rmm +foo all.
> 	 3) Now mew thinks the messages are still there (it shows them
> 	 in the summary mode when I visit +foo), but they really
> 	 aren't.
> 
> Is there some way to tell mew "The .mew files are bogus, as is your
> cached idea of the folder, please rescan."  The only way I've found so
> far is to exit emacs, rm the .mew* files and then reenter emacs.

If you are using UNIX, the timestamp of the directory changed. So, Mew
asks to update the Summary cache when you visit the folder by "g".
Type the "all" range.

--Kazu