Is this happening to anyone else in evolution.-SOLVED

Aaron Konstam akonstam at sbcglobal.net
Sun Jan 30 14:09:01 UTC 2011


On Sat, 2011-01-29 at 23:31 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Sat, 2011-01-29 at 09:02 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > On Fri, 2011-01-28 at 17:53 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2011-01-28 at 11:06 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 2011-01-28 at 10:42 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > > > > Periodically expunge does not work on some or all my folders when using
> > > > > evolution. Currently I can't expunge any deleted messages from Inbox or
> > > > > Junk. Expunge works on other folders which I created,
> > > > > 
> > > > > In the past this condition went away after a while. 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Does this happen to anyone else and do you know how too correct this
> > > > > condition? I know I can go on the evolution list but first I want too
> > > > > know if I am alone with this problem.
> > > > Never mind. Google came to the rescue and I solved the problem.
> > > 
> > > Care to expand on that? How did you solve the problem? If it's a genuine
> > > problem with Evo perhaps you should report it.
> > > 
> > > poc
> > > 
> > 
> > Well what I found had to be updated for F14.
> > But the problem is that the indices for the folder gets screwed up. It
> > is a file with a name like: Inbox.ibex.index. It is not really a bug per
> > se.
> > 
> > So:
> > 1.Run evolution
> > 2. Stop evolution completely by running: evolution --force-shutdown
> > 3. Erase: ~/.local/share/evolution/mail/local/Inbox.ibex.index
> > 	Note: in previous versions of Fedora Core this file was in a different
> > place. This will fix Inbox and Junk but different files would be erased
> > for different folders (i.e, nhl.ibex.index, users.ibex.index. etc.)
> > 4. Then restart evolution. The indices will be recreated and hopefully
> > the expunge problem will be gone.
> 
> Sounds like
> http://live.gnome.org/Evolution/FAQ#Why_do_I_get_an_error_.22Summary_and_folder_mismatch.2C_even_after_a_sync.22.3F
> It's hard to say as you didn't describe the error in those terms.
> 
> poc
> 

That is the error all right but the solution must be altered. The
Inbox.ibex.index file (as well as similarly named files) have moved in
the current Fedora as I indicated in the solution I sent you above.
Also the .ev-summary files no longer exist.
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