Re: [Evolution] Suddenly mail disappear

[Georg Rønning <georg gipsformen no>]

On Tue, 2002-07-23 at 09:18, Paul Hands wrote:

> I thought that the .ibex files are only for containing information about
> the mailboxes, not the mailbox itself.  I think the Mailbox is called
> mbox, and should be in the same directory (Inbox?) as the .ibex file,
> and should have a non-zero size.   I also believe that it is OK to
> delete the .ibex file, but I would play safe and move it somewhere
> else.  Then, restart evolution and see if your Inbox comes back.

Hi Paul, 

Yes, the mailbox is called mbox, that is why I copied it to Eudora to
test.It works, but contains only the few mail downloaded today. I
understand that the .ibex file is some kind of information or backupfile
for Evoulution.

I have also made a backup of the Evolution folder and playing around to
se what happened. I deleted the .ibex file and restarted Evolution. No
changes, Inbox still contains only the few mail downloaded today.

So I think I still need some hints -:)

Georg


> Let us know........
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> Paul
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> On Tue, 2002-07-23 at 10:47, Georg Rønning wrote:
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> Running 1.0.3-6 on RedHat 7.3
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> Never had any problems with Evolution - like the app. very much.
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> Yesterday I had a clean shut-down (with apprx. 1300 messages in the
> inbox). Restarting later to download new mail and print out some new
> orders for my business. However, mailbox was completely empty -:) Other
> folders seems OK, all relevant messages still in the "sent" folder. 
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> Tried "show hidden messages" but to no avail.
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> In the /local/inbox folder there is the mbox.ibex file. It is huge - 1,5
> GB (yes GB). Guess I find my missing mail there ?
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> How can I get my important mail back ? 
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> Thanks for any tip.
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> Georg
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