On Mon, 2021-04-26 at 16:27 +0200, Milan Crha via evolution-list wrote:
> On Mon, 2021-04-26 at 12:26 +0200, Steve via evolution-list wrote:
> > Shot in the dark but also check in your account settings that you
> > have chosen to display unsubscribed folders to make sure all folders
> > are returned before the search. This one always catches me out when
> > setting up exchange accounts.
>
> Hi,
> that setting is available only for IMAP accounts (here is used EWS) and
> it ("Show only subscribed folders) is off by default, thus newly
> created accounts do show subscribed and unsubscribed folders.
>
> A related thing, Sorin searches in a single folder, thus the folder is
> already shown in the GUI.
>
> Sorin, I tried it here, with an Office 365 account, and I can search
> "Subject or Addresses contain" with "Show All Messages" and "in Current
> Folder" options, with no problem. I write part of one of the recipients
> and only messages to that person are shown in the Sent Items folder.
> This search should be done locally. Could you try to do the search when
> you've run evolution from a terminal, please? There's a very little
> chance, but maybe it'll print something there.
>
> An alternative would be to refetch everything from the server from
> scratch. I do not know how the local cache could get confused, but in
> case it is, it'll help. The files are stored in
>
> ~/.cache/evolution/mail/<ews-account-UID>/I'm thinking the refetch when moving sent items to another folder did the trick. I moved back the sent mails to its original folder and the mails are now searchable again. If this happens again, is there a way force refresh the local cache? > It's the directory containing folder-tree file. By moving the directory > away, when Evolution is closed, Evolution will re-download the > information about the folders and their content. It can take a long > time and use a lot of bandwidth, depending on the amount of the folders > and the mails you've stored on the server. There's also no assurance > it'll help for the search. The only thing I know is that it works for > me. Ah, got it. Thanks! It did take a long time, although there were only about 4500 mails. The sent mail folder is probably the single biggest one I have. > Oh, and another thing is to move away: > > ~/.config/evolution/mail/state.ini > > file, which contains information about the settings you've done for > each folder, including the search settings. Only move it away, do not > delete it, thus you can return it back if needed. > Bye, > Milan This will be Plan B if the folder-routine doesn't help. For now it seems the folder move fixed stuff - probably a cache problem. Thanks for the assistance, I appreciate it! -- Sorin Srbu, Serverdrift Tele: 08-524 84166 Karolinska Institutet Universitetsbibliotek Avdelningen för Verksamhetsstöd Enheten för Teknikstöd och Bildproduktion
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