Re: [Evolution] Evolution mailbox consistency checker?

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

well, redhat 9 is no longer supported, not even by redhat.

as to consistency checker, there isn't one.  but update to a newer version and re-verify before filing bug reports.


On Fri, 2005-01-21 at 00:56 -0500, R. Drew Davis wrote:
> > Summary---
> > 
> > 1- Is there a tool to detect and correct inconsistencies within the
> > Evolution mail folders internal structure?
> > 
> > 2- How come Red Carpet updates for Evolution on Red Hat 9 seem to have
> > dried up since 2.0.2 back in October?
> > 
> > The story---
> > 
> > Every once in a while, my notebook PC ends up getting shut down
> > uncleanly.    I'll spare you the long sad story as to why, but it
> > sometimes does happen.
> > 
> > Every now and then I've found instances of an Evolution mail folder
> > smelling funny.    e.g. Evolution will say that I have an unread message
> > in the folder, but looking through the folder, I see none.   Looking
> > closer, I've even seen that some recent messages are missing.
> > 
> > My best guess is that this happens from the unclean shut downs.    By
> > experimentation, I think I've figured out that if I open the mail file
> > for the folder in question and scan for the message(s) with
> > X-Evolution:.*-0000 in them, that I will find the unread messages.
> > 
> > My sledge-hammer crude recovery procedure is:
> > 
> > evolution --force-shutdown    # Give it a chance to really be dead.
> > cd ~/.evolution/mail/local
> > a=folder-name
> > ls -l $a.*	# Look before applying sledge hammer
> > rm $a.*         # Remove all the indexing, etc.
> > #Start up Evolution again and give it time to re-build the folder.
> > #Now that I can see all the messages, mark off things as read that I've
> > #indeed read.
> > 
> > Is there an evolution mailbox consistency checker that could do this
> > more gracefully?   Is there an evolution document somewhere that I
> > should have read to have known this?   (That is, I'll happily accept an
> > RTFM response, if you'll kindly point me to The Fancy Manual).
> > 
> > I'm running Evolution 2.0.2 on Red Hat 9.    Semi-often I run the Red
> > Carpet program in search of updates, but they seem to have dried up
> > since last October.    (There was some discussion of this elsewhere on
> > the list, so I guess that is that unless I want to install from source.
> > Nature's way of telling me I need to invest more energy into getting to
> > a more contemporary distribution?   I much prefer letting the utilities
> > figure out what I need and offer me the updates.   Work enough for my
> > neuron to decide when the time is ripe to accept the risk of doing an
> > update.  Has there been a formal declaration that Evolution no longer
> > supports Red Hat 9 with its ongoing development?  That is, how come so
> > long since fresh updates were offered to me through the usual
> > channels?).   
> > 
> > My mail is retrieved via POP and the folders are stored as local files
> > on the PC's local disk.  Only other potentially relevant configuration
> > factoid I can think of is that the file system is ReiserFS (Reiser 3.6).
> > If you want to know more, tell me what you want to know and I'll dig it
> > up.
> > 
> > Any pointers, suggestions or help you can offer will be appreciated.
> > 
> > Drew
>
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