Comment 3 for bug 562698

>> Public bug reported:
>>
>> hi,
>>
>> while viewing a regular INBOX mail file, non imap, mbox format:
>>
>> toolbar -> vm -> dispose -> File -> specify a mailbox file name
>>
>> here is the traceback:
>>
>> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "This is currently available only for imap
>> folders.")
>> signal(error ("This is currently available only for imap folders."))
>> error("This is currently available only for imap folders.")
>> vm-load-message(1)
>> vm-save-message("~/.record" 1)
>> call-interactively(vm-save-message nil nil)
>
> Hi Eli, It looks like you are trying out the latest devo version?
yes, always...  :)
> Can
> you tell me the version number? You can get it by doing
>
> bzr log -l1
~/.emacs.d/vm $ bzr log -l1------------------------------------------------------------revno: 749 [merge]committer: Uday S Reddy <udr@maruti>branch nick: trunktimestamp: Mon 2010-04-12 23:16:41 +0100message:  Merged changes from 8.1.x branch.------------------------------------------------------------Use --include-merges or -n0 to see merged revisions.

> Did you set `vm-load-headers-only' to t by any chance?

no
> VM thinks that the message you were trying to save doesn't have the
> message body. Any idea why it got that?

don't know, and I am optimistic that there is no damage to the messages I try to File into another folder.  will try the things you are suggesting below later (teaching 2 courses today...).
> The best case scenario is that there is a bug in VM somewhere and it
> mistakenly thinks that the message doesn't have a body.
>
> The worst case scenario is that you have damaged messages in your
> folder. In that case, we will need to investigate the extent of the
> damage. This could be serious :-(
>
> I will mark this bug report private so that we can exchange
> information more safely.
>
> Cheers,
> Uday
>

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