Netscape lock & purge

[Chris Aitken]

I solved one problem - for some reason 'cp /mnt/floppy/bookmarks.html
/home/chris/.netscape/bookmarks.html' did not work. So, I deleted the
existing one first, *then* copied the one from the floppy and now the
bookmarks are OK.

The other two problems I'm having with Netscape (lock file error and
locally-deleted mail not deleting off server) persist. For the lock file
error problem, I tried renaming all the files in home/chris/.netscape
one-by-one and opening Netscape between each renmae to see the effect. By the
end of this I had...

.                               custom.dic.saved
plugin-list.saved
..                              history.dat.saved
popstate.saved
archive.saved          history.list.saved               preferences.js.saved
bookmarks.html.saved  key3.db.saved               registry.saved
cache.saved            liprefs.js.saved                  secmodule.db.saved
cert7.db.saved         nswrapper.copy_defs.saved   summary2.da.saved
cookies.saved          pab.na2.saved                   xover-cache.saved

I still got the lock file error.

Then I changed them all back to the original names (one-by-one again) and
fired up Netscape between each rename to see the effect (this time I got one
less error each time until Netscape was functional again).

For the problem of locally-deleted messages not deleting off the server,
I quadruple-checked that the pop3 server is set to 'Leave messages on server'
and 'When deleting messages locally, remove them from the server' [this
combination in the past has always removed messages from the server ony when
I delete them locally (and, yes, I make sure that I empty trash as well).]

So, two problems persist: lock file error, and locally-deleted mail  not
being removed from the server.

Chris

Chris Aitken wrote:

> A third problem is that I can't import bookmarks from a saved copy on a
> floppy. I know that the linux version of Netscape doesn't have the
> 'import bookmarks' (or somesuch), so I overwrote
> /home/chris/.netscape/bookmarks.html with the one from the floppy. I
> know the bookmarks are OK, because they are there when I issue,
>
> netscape /home/chris/.netscape/bookmarks.html
>
> It seems that my netscape is not looking there for the bookmarks. does
> this have something to do witht the lock file error I am getting?
>
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>
> Subject: [TLUG]: Netscape lock & purge
> Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 03:28:40 -0400
> From: Chris Aitken <aitken-BwLjziHGQLusTnJN9+BGXg at public.gmane.org>
> Reply-To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
>
> Netscape is giving the following error:
>
> "Netsacape has detected a /home/chris/.netscape/lock file..."
>
> It goes on to suggest I delete the offending file and restart Netscape.
>
> However, ls -a /home/chris/.netscape reveals no such file.
>
> The only out-of-the ordinary thing I've done recently is to load my
> saved mail from a backup after a recent re-image (instead of kissing
> my old mail goodbye as I usually do).
>
> Probelm 2 is that my Netscape mail reader won't delete the mail off the
> server even though I have selected 'When deleting a messge locally,
> remove it from the server' in the mail preferneces.
>
> I have to manually remove the email through webmail.
>
> Any ideas would be appreciated.
>
> Chris
>
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