Re: [Evolution] ibex files

[guenther <guenther rudersport de>]

> I seem to remember this question from before, but I can't remember the
> answer and couldn't find it in the archives when I tried looking for it.
>
> I am using Evolution 1.2.3. I was looking through the Evolution
> directory on my hard drive and noticed there are quite a few
> mbox.ibex.index and mbox.ibex.index.data files. Those files take up
> about 1/3 of the total space for Evolution.
>
> My question is, would it be safe to delete those files when I am doing a
> backup of my home directory? What are the consequences of removing those
> files (either one or both)?

AFAIK you can safely remove all mbox.* files (note the dot!) ,as they
are for indexing and faster searches. Never delete the mbox file itself,
as it stores your mails!

The files you can safely delete:
 mbox.ev-summary
 mbox.ibex.index
 mbox.ibex.index.data

They will be recreated automatically, when removed. This may take a
while and seems to be done for Evo 1.2.x on startup -- this means while
the splash screen is displayed, so be patient if you have _large_
mailboxes.

If you do not want to let Evo index local mailboxes, right click the
mailbox in the folder tree, select 'Preferences' and disable 'Index body
contents'.

...guenther


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