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Thunderbird creates a temporary file called <tt>nstmp</tt> when it's [[Compacting_folders | compacting a folder]]. If Thunderbird is interrupted during the compacting, it will abort and the temporary file will not be deleted. If the problem occurs multiple times you'll see numbered files (<tt>nstmp1</tt>, <tt>nstmp2</tt>, etc). | Thunderbird creates a temporary file called <tt>nstmp</tt> when it's [[Compacting_folders | compacting a folder]]. If Thunderbird is interrupted during the compacting, it will abort and the temporary file will not be deleted. If the problem occurs multiple times you'll see numbered files (<tt>nstmp1</tt>, <tt>nstmp2</tt>, etc). | ||
Revision as of 18:52, 17 September 2005
This article was written for Thunderbird but it also applies to the Mozilla Suite.
Thunderbird creates a temporary file called nstmp when it's compacting a folder. If Thunderbird is interrupted during the compacting, it will abort and the temporary file will not be deleted. If the problem occurs multiple times you'll see numbered files (nstmp1, nstmp2, etc).
Shutting the program down, whether intentionally or due to a crash, will interrupt the compacting process. Receiving a new message in the folder you're compacting will also interrupt the process. For this reason, it's recommended that you choose to "Work Offline" before you compact a folder.
Check that the folder that was compacted is okay. If so, you can delete the nstmp file(s) in your profile.
The bug causing this has been fixed, but the fix hasn't made it into an official release yet.
