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can't compact inbox

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tomhelm44
tomhelm44

Here's the error message:

The folder "Inbox on tomhelm@sonic.net" could not be compacted because writing to folder failed. Verify that you have enough disk space, and that you have write privileges to the file system, then try again.

I think I have enough disk space. But how do I verify that I have write privileges to the file system?

Here's the error message: The folder "Inbox on tomhelm@sonic.net" could not be compacted because writing to folder failed. Verify that you have enough disk space, and that you have write privileges to the file system, then try again. I think I have enough disk space. But how do I verify that I have write privileges to the file system?

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Wayne Mery
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If that is the only error you are receiving and there are no other problems then it's not a real problem for you and you may ignore it for a couple weeks until the fix is shipped.

Wayne Mery
Wayne Mery
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Tom


Please post to give us your current status and version number.

We had a bug which was fixed in 140.2.1esr (and release 142) - Bug 1959858 - Error message compacting non-empty folder - "The folder 'Inbox on something@xxxx.yyy' could not be compacted because writing to folder failed. Verify that you have enough disk space, and that you have write privileges to the file system, then try again."

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