Re: [Evolution] Expunge problem solved - mismatching between index file and data file in INBOX folder.

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

mbox.ev-summary is the index of messages in the mbox file, the
mbox.ibex.* files are word-indexes so that searching on "Body contains"
are fast.

Jeff

On Tue, 2002-12-17 at 09:27, Simone Peruzzi wrote:
> Hi Ben, i solved the problem!
> Thanx to your input i checked for the file mbox.ibex.index in
> home/evolution/local/inbox.
> This file is probably the index of files presents in inbox folder, i
> thought (even with some risks...) that if the application is smart
> enough and don't see anymore the index file...it will recreate it! And
> it  has done it ! It has recreated the correct index file.
> Now the problem is solved and i can again expunge messages. The problem
> so was in a difference between the data file and the index file in INBOX
> folder.
> Thankyou again,
> Simone.
>
> P.s.: after checking the previous week for some errors on servers, i
> discovered the problem that caused the corruption of the index file.
> Infact we are in a NIS domain and the home volume of the user was almost
> full...when i tried this last weekend to download new emails, probably
> the disk space ended up...leaving the index file in a position different
> from the data file! That's the KEY ! :))) now i know...well i will have
> to go now...i have to say 2 or 3 words to the system engineer
> responsible of the NIS domain...hehe...bye.
>
>
> Hi Simone,
>
> I also had this problem, first experienced around Evolution 0.99. I
> believe it started when I was deleting many emails one after the other
> (pressing the trashcan icon over and over again), although this is just
> a hunch and hard to back up with proof.
>
> In my situation several of my oldest messages in the folder (I keep many
> thousands of messages in my Inbox) could not be read.
>
> I ended up making a copy of my Inbox and hand editting the copy to
> remove what I believed were irrecoverable messages. When I started up
> Evo again, the irrecoverables where restored, and my expunge problem had
> gone away. I *DO NOT* recommend you do this unless you are confident in
> preserving your valuable messages.
>
> I suspect a corruption in one of the following:
> $HOME/evolution/local/Inbox/
>   - mbox
>   - mbox.ev-summary
>   - mbox.ibex.index
>   - mbox.ibex.index.data
>
> so hopefully someone else on the list can explain the ordering and
> interaction between these files, and if there are any tools to correct
> corruptions.
>
> Cheers, Ben
>
> On Tue, 2002-12-17 at 21:18, Simone Peruzzi wrote:
> >  Hi to all the member of this mailing list.
> >
> > I'm here to disturb you just to know, why since few days to now i
> can't
> > Expunge anymore my Evolution mailbox.
> > I use Evolution 1.2.0, and when i try to expunge the deleted messages
> i
> > received this error:
> > "Error while 'Expunging folder':
> >  Error storing 'Local folders/inbox': Summary and folder mismatch,
> even
> > after a sync'"
> >
> > Do you know how to fix this particular problem? By the way the
> > application is working fine...i can receive or send message...just the
> > problem on erase the messages.
> > Many thanks by now...
> > Simone.
> >
> >
> >
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