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Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no> writes:

>>>>>> Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no>:
>
>> I'm guessing some files have been corrupted.  Does anyone know what
>> files this may be, and what to look for?
>
> The ~/News/agent/nnimap/doohan/agent.lib/active file is null bytes.
> Sounds like a likely culprit.
>
> Is there some way to regenerate it with, or without access to the IMAP
> server in question?

I believe it should be re-generated if you just remove the file.
However, do take a backup...