[Alpine-info] NULL ice in paint_index_line: reg index, msgno=1 line=0

Chime Hart via Alpine-info alpine-info at u.washington.edu
Mon Sep 29 20:24:41 PDT 2025


Hi All: I realize this subject has been discussed fairly recently, but
seemingly with no resolution. When I tried following a link to a mail archive
discussing this, the site just hangs. So I will be going over an eventual
result of these errors.
#1 The first place fetchmail sends mail is in another folder. Normally when
things are working well, all mail ends up in /var/mail/chime, but first goes to
this other folder.
#2 When I must read mail in this alternative folder, after several minutes, I
begin noticing an increasing amount of duplicate messages. This especially
happens when I try-and-go past the final item in an index, no-matter how they
are sorted.
#3 Rapidly I hear similar announcements like
NULL ice in paint_index_line: reg index, msgno=1 line=0
These duplicates are almost everywhere in an index, sprinkled with newer items
as they arrive.
#4 As inconvenient as this is, I am now learning the hard way, the numbered
highlighted message you think you are reading, replying to, or deleting, may be
wrong. Just today I lost a piece of mail I wanted to hear.
#5 If you use an aggregate command it will look inconsistant.
#6 If any of us file a bug, I would consider it as severe, as it is less than reliable.
#7 Many times mail folder is closed, but I can switch to another
folder-and-come back-and-it will open.
As I mentioned to Eduardo earlier this evening, when I type "fetchmail" it will
mention a number of messages in imap in that alternative mailbox. All of these
utilities, messages, frm, and from all read from /var/mail/chime. Anyway, if
there are commands or files I can send to help solve this, please inform.
Thanks so much in advance for listening.
Chime


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