[quote user="billmac"]It appears that the file was overwritten with a default configuration this morning. Pegasus is now working fine. Just for interest, what are the typical reasons for this overwrite?[/quote]

There are none, this should never happen unless the file is deleted which might happen if Pegasus Mail crashes while trying to update it - or if an AV scanner causes havoc (most likely reasons ...).

I use Pegasus 4.41 on Windows XP64. I appear to have lost the Pegasus configuration. All identities have gone, SMTP settings are blank, the windows and font setup is different. I can still retrieve mail via IMAP ( a bit strange?).I still have a complete, intact mail folder structure.  I assume that a config file has got overwritten somewhere. I have backups, but I don't know what file name to recover. Can anyone help? Thanks.

[quote user="billmac"]I assume that a config file has got overwritten somewhere. I have backups, but I don't know what file name to recover.[/quote]

The file you're looking for is PMAIL.INI in the respective Pegasus Mail user's mailbox directory (actual location can be found via Help => About Pegasus Mail => Info => New mailbox path). Ensure it isn't read-only if copied back from a backup CD.

Michael -

Many thanks. I found the file, but its name was actually  just PMAIL rather than PMAIL.INI (I do have file extensions showing). It appears that the file was overwritten with a default configuration this morning. Pegasus is now working fine. Just for interest, what are the typical reasons for this overwrite?