Evolution indiexing error

[Aaron Konstam]

On Thu, 2012-05-17 at 09:57 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-05-17 at 08:19 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > In evolution to the left of the screen there is a list of the names of
> > the folders and next to the name in parenthesis a number representing
> > the number of unread messages in the folder.
> > 
> > That is working except for Inbox. The number is not decremented when a
> > message is read.
> > 
> > I did what has worked before in this situation. I cd
> > to .local/share/evolution/mail/local_mbox and remove the file
> > Inbox.ibex.index. But when I restart evolution the error remains and the
> > Inbox.ibex.index is not recreated.
> > 
> > What can I do to fix this situation?
> 
> This has been discussed frequently on the Evolution mailing list. See
> for example:
> http://gnome-evolution-general.1774414.n4.nabble.com/The-Unread-count-bug-revisited-td2362812.html
> 
> Basically it's a bug. Recent versions of Evo are less prone than before,
> but it still occurs once in a while.
> 
> Something that might help is:
> 
>         #!/bin/sh
>         
>         cd ~/.local/share/evolution/mail/
>         for i in `find . -name folders.db`
>         	do
>         	echo "Rebuilding Table $i"
>         	sqlite3 $i "vacuum;"
>         done
>         
> Note that this is for Evo 3.x. Also, be sure to completely shut down Evo
> before running the above ("evolution --force-shutdown").
> 
> If that doesn't work, try the Evo list, but be sure to say which version
> of Evo you have (Help->Status), which you neglected to do here.
> 
> poc
> 

It is Evolution 3.2.3. Your solution does not work neither do the other
solutions proposed on that web site.

Now what can I do?

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