Re: [Evolution] ibex files

[Ski Dawg <skidawg smcorwine com>]

On Sat, 2003-05-10 at 10:39, guenther wrote:
> > 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

Thanks for the information. I wasn't aware of the ability to stop
Evolution from indexing the message folder. I appreciate it.

--
Doug

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