Thanks also to Pete Biggs and Andre Klapper. with Pete: > > Solution: Once again (yes this happened before) I will have to delete > the database file and rebuild it, losing read/unread status, and > fetching every single message anew. Arghhh. Issue is discussed and > the "fix" explained here: > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1085838 and especially here: > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11657473
Those threads are from 2005-7, I think things have moved on since then. ==> Those thread *originated* then, and my latest post there was 2012. I re-posted there with an update, and included a link to this list. For me, using the most up-to-date version of evolution possible on my LTS release of Ubuntu, the problem persists. One hopes for improvements when going to the newer OS, but I hear that evolution is no longer default in Ubuntu 12.04. And thanks for those links. with Andre: ==> First, thanks for the reminder that I can check the list via the URL for the list. And for that link on "Error while expunging..." This list is a big asset. Thanks to all! Alex D Madison, Wisconsin -----Original Message----- From: Alex DePillis <a...@depillis.org> Reply-to: a...@depillis.org To: evolution-list@gnome.org Subject: Corrupt mail folders -- follow up report Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 11:57:24 -0500 Listers: Short summary follows. To answer POC: receiving via POP server, sending via SMTP. At first I tried moving only the folder.db file (in /home/alex/.evolution/mail/local/) onto the desktop, and tried to send/receive. This didn't solve the problem: Evolution wants to fetch everything on the server, not just new messages. So I moved folder.db and the four inbox files (Inbox, Inbox.cmeta, Inbox.ibex.index, Inbox.ibex.index.data) to the desktop and let Evolution fetch all the messages on the server. Had I let Evolution fetch everything on the server, with only the folder.db file removed to the desktop, I would see double of every message. On my 450 kiB/s wireless connection, the download would hang when it came to certain a big messages. I tried to find a faster connection at a friend's house, and found that the *wired* connection was slower, and yet didn't hang. All messages appear unread now. Could I have done this in a more expedient way? Can I do something to prevent this issue in the future? Do the Backup and Restore functions have any role to play in any of this maintenance or prevention? Alex Message: 3 Date: Tue, 08 May 2012 19:04:19 -0430 From: Patrick O'Callaghan <p...@usb.ve> To: evolution-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: [Evolution] Corrupt mail folders Message-ID: <1336520059.1000.20.ca...@bree.homelinux.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Tue, 2012-05-08 at 17:40 -0500, Alex DePillis wrote: > Hi list-ers, > > Evolution 2.28.3 on Ubuntu 10.04 (moving to 12.04 in less than a month). > > Below is FYI mostly... > Problem: When I send/receive, Evolution wants to fetch every e-mail on > the server (10,000+). What kind of server? POP? IMAP? Exchange? Groupwise? > Solution: Once again (yes this happened before) I will have to delete > the database file and rebuild it, losing read/unread status, and > fetching every single message anew. Arghhh. Issue is discussed and the > "fix" explained here: > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1085838 and especially here: > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11657473 > > Until I can solve this (tomorrow?), please post to one of those threads > above, as I will not receiving e-mail until it's resolved. Not being a Ubuntu user, I won't be doing that. poc Alex D Madison, Wisconsin
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