We see this occasionally --- message-of-death we call it locally. Almost always the m-o-d is spam in a Chinese character set.
The easiest way to deal with a m-o-d is to delete it using some other software. Some people prefer to fire up pine or ucbmail; I tend to use Emacs myself. We generally advise that spam is delivered to a folder which has the preview pane inactive. Very rarely is it necessary to see the contents of a mail to determine its spamicity. In particular, if the subject isn't in a Roman alphabet the message is flushed instantly. I recognize that this heuristic isn't appropriate for everyone everywhere. Paul On Wed, 2006-05-31 at 17:55 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 20:22:08 +0100 > From: "Peter Barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Evolution] Evolution not working - can't find a solution! > To: evolution-list@gnome.org > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" > > I'm using Evolution 2.4.1 on Ubuntu 5.10 and Gnome 1.12.1. > > My problem began yesterday when I clicked on a new mail message just > arrived in Evolution. What I got was a warning: "The application > "Evolution" has quit unexpectedly" and the options of "Restart > Application", "Close", or "Inform Developers". Restart simply closed > Evolution. When I opened Evolution again I got the same warning - and > the same result on clicking either Restart or Close. Restarting the PC > makes no difference. If I click outside the warning box it freezes the > PC. At present I have no access to my mail. > > If I start Evolution in the terminal I get the same result and in > terminal it shows: > > adding hook target 'source' > > (evolution:7993): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_gc_set_foreground: assertion > `GDK_IS_GC (gc)' failed > > (evolution:7993): GnomeCanvas-CRITICAL **: > gnome_canvas_request_redraw: assertion `GNOME_IS_CANVAS (canvas)' > failed > evolution: tif_jpeg.c:1505: JPEGCleanup: Assertion `sp != 0' failed. > > To make sure I kept my mail, I backed up .evolution > and .gconf/apps/evolution. Then I did a reinstall of Evolution...but > still had the problem. So then I did a complete removal followed by > installation of Evolution...but still got the warning message. > > Next I deleted the .evolution and .gconf/apps/evolution folders. When > I next opened Evolution there was no warning message and it would work > but I had no mail and no custom folders. > > If I add back only the original .gconf/apps/evolution folder the > result is the same - no warning message but no mail and no custom > folders. > > If I add back only the original .evolution folder I get my mail and > custom folders but also the warning message and the problem again. > > I don't understand enough about Linux to know what to do next - I'd be > grateful if someone could please help me get my Evolution back in > working order. > > Thanks! > -- Paul Leyland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Hanging on in quiet desperation is Dept. of Genetics, Cambridge University | the English way. Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EH, UK | The time is gone, the song is over. Tel: +44-1223-333963 Fax: +44-1223-333992 | Thought I'd something more to say.
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