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Subject:    Re: [kdepim-users] last search.lock
From:       Ingo =?utf-8?q?Kl=C3=B6cker?= <kloecker () kde ! org>
Date:       2007-05-04 20:01:32
Message-ID: 200705042201.34935 () erwin ! ingo-kloecker ! de
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On Friday 04 May 2007 10:41, David Jarvie wrote:
> On Thursday 03 May 2007 23:25, Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> > On Thursday 03 May 2007 04:05, Larry Howe wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Kmail's been working great for years. I did have an issue come up
> >> recently. In the folder tree under Searches there is now an entry
> >> called Last Search.lock and another one called Last
> >> Searchq702jb.new. When opening kmail, there is a long period of
> >> disk activity, which I assume is related to these searches. Can I
> >> get rid of these searches somehow?
> >>
> >> I am trying to attach a screenshot, not sure if it will go
> >> through.
> >
> > Searches are stored in $KDEHOME/share/apps/kmail/search/. Simply
> > delete the files corresponding to Search.lock and Last
> > Searchq702jb.new while KMail is not running. Make sure you also
> > look for hidden files.
>
> Isn't it safe to simply delete the folders directly from the KMail
> user interface? That's what I have done when the existence of
> searches was slowing KMail down, and I've never noticed any problems
> afterwards.

Doh! Deleting the folders directly from KMail is of course much better 
than messing around with the file system. Thanks for the hint, David!

Regards,
Ingo

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