Re: [Evolution] Doesn't work at all.

["Patrick Nelson" <pnelson neatech com>]

Opps I'm using the 0.5.1 version.

So did you do the mkdir under your home dir, under your home evolution dir,
or under root?  And hay, what's the difference between mr and mbox?

OK the expunge works fine.

I'm getting somewhere now!!!

----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Gordon <mtgordon helixcode com>
To: Patrick Nelson <pnelson neatech com>
Cc: Evolution List <evolution helixcode com>
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 12:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Evolution] Doesn't work at all.


> > Used Helix Update to install the latest (0.5) of Evolution on a RH6.2
> > system.
>
> Actually, there's an Evolution 0.5.1 now that fixes some of the bugs in
> 0.5.  You might want to consider updating.
>
> > Error while "Loading Sent Folder":  Could not create folder "/mbox":  No
> > such file or directory.
>
> (snip)
>
> > What do I need to configure in order to get this working?
>
> I'm not sure whether this bug is fixed in 0.5.1 or not, but you can work
> around it fairly easily (worked for me, anyway).  As root:
>
> #mkdir /mbox
>
> > Although, I now
> > don't get any errors, I can not delete any mail.  It draws a line
through it
> > but never disappears.  Any ideas?
>
> It's marked for deletion.  To clean out a folder, go to the Folder menu
> and select Expunge.  Then all the mail with lines through it goes away.
>
> -Mark Gordon