Re: [Evolution] How to compact empty mailboxes?

[Ron Johnson <ron l johnson cox net>]

On Fri, 2002-03-22 at 14:31, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> Actions->Expunge in Evolution is the same as Netscape/Mozilla's Compact
> Folder function.
>
> Just a different name ;-)

Sometimes, different isn't better, it's just confusing.

> On Fri, 2002-03-22 at 13:07, Olivier Hallot wrote:
> > I followed the advice on the .idex files, but does it means that the
> > mbox files get compacted as well? Not sure. Just for a remind ,
> > mozzilla/netscape has a explicit function to trigger folder
> > compaction.Do mboxes need compaction at all?
> >
> > Em Sex, 2002-03-22 às 13:26, Kenneth Porter escreveu:
> > > On Fri, 2002-03-22 at 01:01, Michael D. Crawford wrote:
> > >
> > > > I had one .ibex file that was 22 megabytes, for an empty mailbox.  Maybe
> > > > a nice addition to evolution would be to rebuild the index when one
> > > > empties the trash or expunges.  Maybe I can submit a patch sometime :-)
> > >
> > > How about a command-line utility that recursively rebuilds the indices,
> > > and runs from a cron job in the middle of the night?

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