Re: [Evolution] Error trying to expunge messages

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

You could try just rm'ing the mbox.ev-summary file in the affected
mailbox (somewhere under ~/evolution/local/*/).

There was a recurring bug with this that should've been fixed after
about 1.0.5 (or maybe 1.0.8) or definetly in 1.2.x.

On Wed, 2002-12-18 at 00:18, Simone Peruzzi wrote:
> Thankyou very much Ben, i will wait a couple of days to see if someone
> else has encountered this error before...after that if it is the only
> solution applicable...i will try your. There are many valuable messages
> in my mailbox...and as first step...i will do a backup now.
> Looking for further answer...i thankyou again,
> Simone.
>
> On Wed, 2002-12-18 at 21:22, Ben Stringer wrote:
> > 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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