Evolution fails to see some messages in Inbox

[Jonathan Ryshpan]

I see no messages displayed in Inbox earlier than Sept 11, 2007, though
I know there are earlier ones.  If I search Inbox for a message that I
know is there, received in 2005, it's not found.  But if I search the
*Account*, rather than Inbox, for the same message it is found.  

Can anyone explain this?

Inbox is rather large:
	3032 unread 8014 total

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Mon, 2008-06-30 at 13:28 -0700, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
>  I see no messages displayed in Inbox earlier than Sept 11, 2007,
> though
>  I know there are earlier ones.  If I search Inbox for a message that I
>  know is there, received in 2005, it's not found.  But if I search the
>  *Account*, rather than Inbox, for the same message it is found.  
>  
>  Can anyone explain this?
>  
>  Inbox is rather large:
>  	3032 unread 8014 total 
You don't say whether the Inbox in question is local or remote. If it's
remote, you may have a cache problem. To fix, stop Evo completely
('evolution --force-shutdown') and remove the appropriate index files
under .evolution. Which ones depends on your setup, but for an IMAP
server you would need something like
~/.evolution/mail/imap/your-account-name/folders/INBOX. Just zap the
whole directory and Evo will rebuild it. Note that for a large mailbox
that can take some time.

poc

[Jonathan Ryshpan]

On Mon, 2008-06-30 at 19:16 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>  On Mon, 2008-06-30 at 13:28 -0700, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
>  > I see no messages displayed in Inbox earlier than Sept 11, 2007, though
>  > I know there are earlier ones.  If I search Inbox for a message that I
>  > know is there, received in 2005, it's not found.  But if I search the
>  > *Account*, rather than Inbox, for the same message it is found.  
>  > 
>  > Can anyone explain this?
>  > 
>  > Inbox is rather large:
>  > 	3032 unread 8014 total
>  You don't say whether the Inbox in question is local or remote. If it's
>  remote, you may have a cache problem. To fix, stop Evo completely
>  ('evolution --force-shutdown') and remove the appropriate index files
>  ...
>   
The mailbox is local.  Is there a similar plan for local mailboxes?

Thanks - jon