after (computer or claws) crashed certain settings are lost. Till now I only noticed the following issues: - sort order of folders: I always use sort by date but for some (I think new) folders this reseted - read status of mails: after crash some read mails become unread/new again
Try changing the 'meta-data handling' option. What works best depends on the underlying filesystem.
I've noticed this quite a bit myself. Font settings can definitely be lost. The state of deleted (but not expunged) messages too, though I can understand that that's a different kettle of fish. I have Safer handling enabled.
where can I find the 'meta-data handling' option?
whats_up@..., here's how to find the "meta-data handling" option: Open menu "Configuration > Preferences", select page "Miscellaneous" (below section "other"). The "meta-data handling" option lets you choose between "safer" and "faster". Think of it as disabling / enabling a write-cache that accumulates your setting changes in memory before they are firmly written to disk. IMHO "safer" on a modern system shouldn't make a notable difference in speed...
That option controlls fsync'ing stuff to disc, so it may very well make quite a difference, especially on modern filesystems.
ok found. But the 'meta-data handling' option was already 'save' in my case. The problem seems to be somewhere else...
I also noticed this loss of information after a crash: - read status of new messages is lost - replied-to status is lost - the messages list position is reset to the top (IIRC) This happened to me yesterday, several hours after I had read the messages, so both claws-mail and the filesystem had plenty of time to write the information to disk. OS: Arch Linux 64 bit Filesystem: ext4 (with commit=30) Claws-mail: 3.9.1 Metadata handling: Safer