Evolution indiexing error

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Thu, 2012-05-17 at 10:31 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> 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?

Like I said, try the Evolution list
(http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list)

poc