SYMPTOMS
Under versions 2.1x, 3.0, 3.0a, and 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for PC Networks,
when you access folders from the MS-DOS client, the following error message
may appear:
Notice 51:
No folders to select
RESOLUTION
If the index file is missing, restore it from a backup copy. The index file
(.IDX) should reside in the following sub-directory:
maildata\folders\loc\xxxxxxxx
where XXXXXXXX is your associated hexadecimal filename. The index file will
be named using the same hexadecimal number (XXXXXXX.IDX). Run LISTUSER.EXE
to obtain your hexadecimal number.
If no valid backup exists, run FIXIDX.EXE to recreate the folder index
file.
NOTE: The following procedure will remove the human-readable folder names.
In order to recreate the folder names later, DUMPFLD.EXE should be run
against all folders before hand, in order to obtain the original name:
Once you obtain all the information you need, you can run FIXIDX.EXE (from
your private folders sub-directory) using the following command:
fixidx xxxxxxxx.idx xxxxxxxx
where XXXXXXXX.IDX is the index file to be created and XXXXXXXX is the your
hexadecimal filename.
Folder names can be re-assigned to their original, human-readable names
from within the client using Options, Folders, Modify.