Re: [Evolution] Error Emptying Trash

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

if that doesn't work, then your mbox is probably corrupted.

Jeff

On Tue, 2003-10-21 at 18:24, Dave Coventry wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Peter Spotts posted a message on the "Users" section of these mailing lists regarding an error when 
> Evolution fails to Sync, in which case the following message is generated:
>
>  "Error while 'expunging folder:'
> Error storing 'Local folders/Inbox': Summary and folder mismatch, even
> after a sync"
>
> As far as I know he has had no response to his query which was posted on 2nd October.
>
> The Answer on the Knowledge base is to remove the summary file:
>
> "If you receive the above error, you can safely rm -f the mbox.ev-summary file located in 
> ~/evolution/local/<folder name>/. Next time you start Evolution, those files will be re-generated and the 
> error will be cleared."
>
> However, this has no effect on my system.
>
> In today's era of Spam-laden mailboxes it is particularly trying to have all that offensive material piling 
> up with no way to remove it, so if anyone does have a solution I would be overjoyed. As, I'm sure, would be 
> Peter Spotts. In the mean time I am reduced to using Kmail.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Dave Coventry
>
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