Re: [Evolution] Expunging
On Thu, 2008-06-26 at 15:19 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Thu, 2008-06-26 at 20:58 +0200, Svante Signell wrote: > > I assume this question has been asked before, maybe it is even in some > > FAQ. I am short of disk space and ~/.evolution is the main cause of > > this. Trying to reduce the size of folders I delete a lot of mails, but > > the largest folders cannot be expunged due to the lack of disk space. Is > > there an option where I can expunge mail folders without a backup copy > > is created (or similar happening, remaining disk is reduced before being > > increased)? > > If you're talking about mbox-style folders (you don't say) then > expunging necessarily requires making a copy, though the size of the > copy depends on the space occupied by the remaining emails. This is > because an mbox folder is a single large file and Linux doesn't support > taking space away from the middle of a file. Although copying in-place > would theoretically work, that would be dangerous if interrupted and Evo > doesn't do it. Yes, the mail is stored in mbox format. I have some follow-up questions: 1) Is it possible to just move one large file to somewhere else, expunging other folders and move it back? 2) In .evolution/cache/ I currently have 100MB, mainly contained in the html subdirectory. Is there a way to clear this cache from evolution. Have not found such option yet. What about just removing the files under .../cache/html/??/ and .../cache/tmp? 3) Is it possible to specify another tmp directory than under .evolution? 4) Can I edit the mbox folders manually, e.g. in emacs. I've done so successfully before but it seems to be somewhat risky. 5) Where can I find a description of the set of files for each folder, e.g. Inbox, Inbox.cmeta, Inbox.ev-summary, Inbox.ev-summary-meta, Inbox.ibex.index, Inbox.ibex.index.data Why so many sub-files in addition to the main one Inbox? Thanks, Svante > poc ___ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
[Evolution] Bindingd to Evolution
I'm trying to find bindings to Evolution. Initially, as I'm developing a Rails CMS, I was looking for Ruby bindings but Revolution is not viable. I then searched for Perl bindings - nothing - and then Python - evolution-python. But, I'm not sure evolution-python is for me as it seems I can only read the Evolution client whereas I would like to update the AddressBook (different address books) and Calendar (different calendars). Can anyone help me with this? I'm quite surprised that I can;t find a comprehensive binding to this large OS project. CIA -Ants Disclaimer: Technically speaking, I am always wrong! __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html___ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] Bindingd to Evolution
On Fri, 2008-06-27 at 07:45 +, Anthony Gardner wrote: > I'm trying to find bindings to Evolution. Initially, as I'm developing > a Rails CMS, I was looking for Ruby bindings but Revolution is not > viable. I then searched for Perl bindings - nothing - and then Python > - evolution-python. > > But, I'm not sure evolution-python is for me as it seems I can only > read the Evolution client whereas I would like to update the > AddressBook (different address books) and Calendar (different > calendars). > > Can anyone help me with this? I'm quite surprised that I can;t find a > comprehensive binding to this large OS project. gnome-python-desktop has the "official" Python bindings for evolution-data-server. Matthew Barnes ___ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] Bindingd to Evolution
Okay, thanks for that . now, how do I use them? ;) Is there a tutorial for using this to manipulate Evolution? At present, I don;t have much time to learn loads of stuff, I just need a quick overview that I can muck around with. Thx -Ants Disclaimer: Technically speaking, I am always wrong! --- On Fri, 27/6/08, Matthew Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Matthew Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Evolution] Bindingd to Evolution To: evolution-list@gnome.org Date: Friday, 27 June, 2008, 12:07 PM On Fri, 2008-06-27 at 07:45 +, Anthony Gardner wrote: > I'm trying to find bindings to Evolution. Initially, as I'm developing > a Rails CMS, I was looking for Ruby bindings but Revolution is not > viable. I then searched for Perl bindings - nothing - and then Python > - evolution-python. > > But, I'm not sure evolution-python is for me as it seems I can only > read the Evolution client whereas I would like to update the > AddressBook (different address books) and Calendar (different > calendars). > > Can anyone help me with this? I'm quite surprised that I can;t find a > comprehensive binding to this large OS project. gnome-python-desktop has the "official" Python bindings for evolution-data-server. Matthew Barnes ___ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html___ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
[Evolution] Bug in address collector?
Three address resources: Exchange GAL, Exchange Contacts and local Personal. I have the feature set up that collects addresses I send to and saves them in local personal. I really like this feature, but I am noticing that it doesn't seem to check whether the address already exists in the resource. So I end up with 5, 7, sometimes 10 copies of the same address. I know it is not doing this every time I send to an address or I would have even more copies. My guess is that it either creates these duplicates when I address manually (with or without autofill) or when I address through reply, but not both. Are others having this problem? -- Art Alexion MIS x3075 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] Expunging
On Fri, 2008-06-27 at 09:46 +0200, Svante Signell wrote: > On Thu, 2008-06-26 at 15:19 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Thu, 2008-06-26 at 20:58 +0200, Svante Signell wrote: > > > I assume this question has been asked before, maybe it is even in some > > > FAQ. I am short of disk space and ~/.evolution is the main cause of > > > this. Trying to reduce the size of folders I delete a lot of mails, but > > > the largest folders cannot be expunged due to the lack of disk space. Is > > > there an option where I can expunge mail folders without a backup copy > > > is created (or similar happening, remaining disk is reduced before being > > > increased)? > > > > If you're talking about mbox-style folders (you don't say) then > > expunging necessarily requires making a copy, though the size of the > > copy depends on the space occupied by the remaining emails. This is > > because an mbox folder is a single large file and Linux doesn't support > > taking space away from the middle of a file. Although copying in-place > > would theoretically work, that would be dangerous if interrupted and Evo > > doesn't do it. > > Yes, the mail is stored in mbox format. I have some follow-up questions: > > 1) Is it possible to just move one large file to somewhere else, > expunging other folders and move it back? I've never done this, but as long as you don't touch the file from Evo (i.e. visit the folder) and of course assuming it's not your Inbox, then I don't see why not. > 2) In .evolution/cache/ I currently have 100MB, mainly contained in the > html subdirectory. Is there a way to clear this cache from evolution. > Have not found such option yet. What about just removing the files > under .../cache/html/??/ and .../cache/tmp? Just remove them. Evo will recreate anything it needs. > 3) Is it possible to specify another tmp directory than > under .evolution? AFAIK not directly (though gconf-editor might be a way). However you can create a temp directory somewhere else and place a symbolic link to it where Evo expects to find it. Be sure to stop Evo completely (evolution --force-shutdown) before doing this. > 4) Can I edit the mbox folders manually, e.g. in emacs. I've done so > successfully before but it seems to be somewhat risky. Yes, although it will mess up the index files, but you can remove these and Evo will recreate them. Again, use --force-shutdown to stop Evo before doing this. However if you don't have enough space for an expunge, I don't see how you're going to be able to edit large mbox files, since an expunge is essentially just that. > 5) Where can I find a description of the set of files for each folder, > e.g. Inbox, Inbox.cmeta, Inbox.ev-summary, Inbox.ev-summary-meta, > Inbox.ibex.index, Inbox.ibex.index.data > Why so many sub-files in addition to the main one Inbox? Several reasons. Some are indices into the mbox file (which is a potentially very large linear file with messages separated by an inline syntactic convention, making it inefficient to jump randomly between messages). Some are caches of message state, which eventually has to be pushed to a mail server (e.g. for IMAP). Others are there because Evo supports folder nesting and the mbox format doesn't, so it needs extra information. Offhand I can't point you to a unified description of all this, but http://www.go-evolution.org/Main_Page might be a place to start. poc ___ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] Expunging
On Fri, 2008-06-27 at 09:12 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Fri, 2008-06-27 at 09:46 +0200, Svante Signell wrote: > > On Thu, 2008-06-26 at 15:19 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: ... > > 2) In .evolution/cache/ I currently have 100MB, mainly contained in the > > html subdirectory. Is there a way to clear this cache from evolution. > > Have not found such option yet. What about just removing the files > > under .../cache/html/??/ and .../cache/tmp? > > Just remove them. Evo will recreate anything it needs. Under html there are a number of subdirectories: 00/ 01/ etc, can I remove these too? > > 3) Is it possible to specify another tmp directory than > > under .evolution? > > AFAIK not directly (though gconf-editor might be a way). However you can > create a temp directory somewhere else and place a symbolic link to it > where Evo expects to find it. Be sure to stop Evo completely (evolution > --force-shutdown) before doing this. OK, a symbolic link seems to be the best choice. > > 4) Can I edit the mbox folders manually, e.g. in emacs. I've done so > > successfully before but it seems to be somewhat risky. > > Yes, although it will mess up the index files, but you can remove these > and Evo will recreate them. Again, use --force-shutdown to stop Evo > before doing this. However if you don't have enough space for an > expunge, I don't see how you're going to be able to edit large mbox > files, since an expunge is essentially just that. I moved the file to somewhere I had space, edited the file and moved it back. > > 5) Where can I find a description of the set of files for each folder, > > e.g. Inbox, Inbox.cmeta, Inbox.ev-summary, Inbox.ev-summary-meta, > > Inbox.ibex.index, Inbox.ibex.index.data > > Why so many sub-files in addition to the main one Inbox? ... > Offhand I can't point you to a unified description of all > this, but http://www.go-evolution.org/Main_Page might be a place to > start. Thanks for the pointer. I'll take a look. > poc > ___ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
Re: [Evolution] Expunging
On Fri, 2008-06-27 at 16:00 +0200, Svante R Signell wrote: > > > 2) In .evolution/cache/ I currently have 100MB, mainly contained > in the > > > html subdirectory. Is there a way to clear this cache from > evolution. > > > Have not found such option yet. What about just removing the files > > > under .../cache/html/??/ and .../cache/tmp? > > > > Just remove them. Evo will recreate anything it needs. > > Under html there are a number of subdirectories: 00/ 01/ etc, can I > remove these too? You can remove anything under .../cache/ poc ___ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
